Correlation between 5AGD steam chamber growth and geological heterogeneity

15th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 415-431

  Gotawala, D ^a   Gates, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION LENGTHS; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; PERMEABILITY HETEROGENEITY; STEAM CHAMBER GROWTHS; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VARIABLE THICKNESS;

CRUDE OIL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESEARCH; STEAM; WELLS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 77149172464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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