Experimental study of heavy oil-water flow structure effects on relative permeabilities in a fracture filled with heavy oil

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, ITOHOS 2008 - "Heavy Oil: Integrating the Pieces"

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 690-701

  Shad, Saeed ^a   Gates, Ian D ^a   Maini, Brij B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CRUDE OIL; ENGINEERS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FLUID SATURATIONS; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL; STRUCTURE EFFECT; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; VISCOUS COUPLING;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 63849155419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117644-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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