Field-scale simulation of cyclic solvent injection (CSI)

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 251-265

  Chang, Jeannine ^a   Ivory, John ^b  

^a Alberta Innovates Technology Futures ^*

^b ALBERTA INNOVATES TECHNOLOGY FUTURES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EQUILIBRIUM SOLUBILITIES; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; JOINT IMPLEMENTATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULATION PREDICTION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84884504697     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: 21564663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/157804-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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