Heavy-oil solution gas drive in consolidated and unconsolidated rock

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-268

  Tang, Guo Qing ^a   Sahni, Akshay ^b   Gadelle, Frederic ^c   Kumar, Mridul ^c   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chevron Intl E and P Co   (Thailand)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUTIONS; SUPERSATURATION; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CONSOLIDATED ROCK; SOLUTION GAS DRIVE; UNCONSOLIDATED ROCK; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745813942     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87226-PA     Document Type: Article

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