Unconventional heavy oil exploitation for waste energy recovery

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 953-964

  Limpasurat, A ^a   Falcone, G ^a   Teodoriu, C ^b   Barrufet, M A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; GASOLINE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEAM; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; WASTE HEAT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HEAVY OIL EXPLOITATIONS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STATE-OF-ART TECHNOLOGY; SURROUNDING FORMATIONS; THERMAL SIMULATORS; WASTE ENERGY RECOVERIES;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 79952844084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/139054-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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