Clarifications on oil/heavy oil recovery under ultrasonic radiation through core and 2D visualization experiments

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Naderi, K ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL WELL FLOODING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISCOSITY; VISUALIZATION;

2-D VISUALIZATIONS; ALBERTA; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; MECHANISM-PARAMETERS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL VISCOSITY; TENSION FORCE; ULTRASONIC RADIATION; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

WETTING;

EID: 57449098187     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/08-11-56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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