SAGD laboratory experimental and numerical simulation studies: A review of current status and future issues

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 135-150

  Al Bahlani, Al Muatasim ^a   Babadagli, Tayfun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

effective parameters; future of SAGD; operational problems; pitfalls in numerical and laboratory models; review of SAGD process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; CURRENT STATUS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; FUTURE OF SAGD; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; IN-SITU; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY SCALE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; OIL DEMAND; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; PITFALLS IN NUMERICAL AND LABORATORY MODELS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESEARCH TOPICS; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; THERMAL TECHNIQUES; WELL CONFIGURATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; LABORATORIES; SIMULATORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LABORATORY METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 69249212204     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.06.011     Document Type: Review

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