Transient-pressure behavior of cold heavy-oil production wells

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

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Liu, X ^a   Zhao, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOAMS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ENCOMPASSED GAS BUBBLES; FOAMY OIL FLOWS; TRANSIENT PRESSURE BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT PRESSURE RESPONSES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33646573034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/97791-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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