Some observations of mobility enhancement of heavy oils flowing through sand pack under solution gas drive

Annual Technical Meeting, ATM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Shen, C ^a   Batycky, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CRUDE OIL; DIGITAL STORAGE; GAS OILS; GASES; NUCLEATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION RATE; SOLUTION GAS DRIVE; STEADY STATE TEST; VISCOSITY MODELING;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 79952475726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96-27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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