Heterogeneity impact on SAGD process performance in mobile heavy oil reservoirs;Impact des hétérogénéités sur la production d'huiles lourdes mobiles par SAGD

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-476

  le Ravalec, M ^a   Morlot, C ^b   Marmier, R ^b   Foulon, D ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD TEST; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HIGH PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OIL DEMAND; OIL PRODUCTION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR MODELS; SMALL SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEAM CHAMBER; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE; SHALE OIL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BITUMEN; HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69449103576     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2009014     Document Type: Article

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