An investigation of the effect of oil composition on heavy-oil solution gas drive

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-70

  Tang, Guo Qing ^a   Leung, Yi Tak ^a,b   Castanier, Louis M ^a   Sahni, Akshay ^c   Gadelle, Frederic ^d   Kumar, Mridul ^d   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AERA ENERGY LLC   (United States)

^c Chevron Intl Exploration and Production Co   (Thailand)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MINERAL OILS; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ALUMINUM COREHOLDER; GAS-PHASE EVOLUTION; HEAVY-OIL SOLUTION GAS DRIVE; OIL COMPOSITION; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33645818933     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84197-PA     Document Type: Article

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