Observations of heavy oil primary production mechanisms from long core depletion experiments

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Goodarzi, N N ^a   Kantzas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

LONG CORE DEPLETION; X-RAY TRANSPARENT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 42049105130     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/08-04-46     Document Type: Article

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