The mechanisms of electrical heating for the recovery of bitumen from oil sands

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Mcgee, B C W ^a   Vermeulen, F E ^b  

^a E T Energy Ltd

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL SANDS; OPEN PIT MINING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

3D QUASI-HARMONIC FINITE ELEMENT; CONNATE WATER; ELECTRO-THERMAL DYNAMIC STRIPPING;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33846326461     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/07-01-03     Document Type: Article

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