Effects of reservoir heterogeneities on the steam-assisted gravity-drainage process

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 921-932

  Chen, Qing ^a   Gerritsen, Margot G ^a   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STEAM; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DRAINAGE PERFORMANCE; DRAINAGE PROCESS; FIELD STUDIES; LABORATORY STUDIES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR MODELS; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; WELL REGION;

SHALE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; GRAVITY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 57349180455     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109873-PA     Document Type: Article

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