Advances in oil and water saturation measurements using low field NMR

SPE/PS-CIM/CHOA International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bryan, J ^a   Mai, A ^a   Hum, F ^a   Kantzas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CLAY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FROTH FLOTATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL SANDS; ORES; SAND; WATER;

AUTOMATED ALGORITHM; FROTH CHARACTERIZATION; HEAVY OIL FIELDS; OIL SANDS MINING; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; RELAXOMETRY;

SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

EID: 33646542674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/97802-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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