Potential use of produced oil sample analysis to monitor SAGD performance

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1011-1026

  Li, Z ^a   Wollen, C ^b   Yang, P ^a   Fustic, M ^a  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

^b OPTI Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRUDE OIL; ENGINEERS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASOLINE; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; VISCOSITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPONENT CONCENTRATION; CONVENTIONAL RECOVERY; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; STEAM CHAMBER GROWTHS; VISCOSITY VARIATIONS; WESTERN CANADIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 64049089415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117822-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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