Determination of gas dispersion in vapor extraction of heavy oil and bitumen

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 214-222

  Kapadia, Ronak A ^a   Upreti, Simant R ^a   Lohi, Ali ^a,b   Chatzis, Ioannis ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Gas dispersion; Heavy oil and bitumen; Modeling Vapex front; Vapor extraction

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GAS DISPERSION; MODELING VAPEX FRONT; VAPOR EXTRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISPERSIONS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

BITUMEN; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXTRACTION; HEAVY OIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33646002910     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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