Simulation of bacterial souring control in an Alberta heavy-oil reservoir

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2009, CIPC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Coombe, D ^a   Jack, T ^b   Voordouw, G ^b   Zhang, F ^c   Clay, B ^c   Miner, K ^d  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Enerplus Resources Fund   (Canada)

^d BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; GASOLINE; NITRATES; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER INJECTION;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 70449680031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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