Shale barrier effects on the SAGD performance

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 203-212

  Shin, Hyundon ^a   Choe, Jonggeun ^b  

^a SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ALBERTA OIL SANDS; BARRIER EFFECTS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; FLOW BARRIERS; LOW PERMEABILITY ZONE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SHALE LAYERS; WATER ZONE;

SHALE;

EID: 77952182102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125211-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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