Downhole Upgrading Athabasca Tar Sand Bitumen Using THAI - SARA Analysis

SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Xia, T X ^a   Greaves, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air injection; Athabasca Tar Sand; Downhole upgrading; Heavy oil recovery; Horizontal well; In situ combustion; SARA; Thai

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449460010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/69693-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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