Pore-level investigation of heavy oil recovery using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage(SAGD)

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2009, IPTC 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1070-1086

  Mohammadzadeh, O ^a   Chatzis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONDENSATION; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; GASOLINE; GLASS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LIQUID FILMS; OIL FIELDS; POROUS MATERIALS; STEAM; STEAM CONDENSERS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VISUALIZATION;

MACROSCOPIC PHENOMENA; PORE-SCALE PHENOMENON; STEAM CONDENSATION; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT; VISUALIZATION RESULTS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 77952326267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-13403-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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