Heavy-oil recovery mechanisms during steam injection in naturally fractured reservoirs

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 639-649

  Mateo Hernandez, J A ^a   Trevisan, O V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; STEAMFLOODING;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISTILLATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34547859265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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