Dynamic solvent process (DSP) for enhancing heavy oil recovery

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 832-841

  Jia, Xinfeng ^a   Zeng, Fanhua ^a   Gu, Yongan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyclic solvent injection; Dynamic pressure control; Foamy oil flow; Heavy oil recovery; Vapour extraction

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EXTRACTION; GRAVITATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MASS TRANSFER; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SOLVENTS;

CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; DYNAMIC PRESSURE CONTROL; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OIL FLOW; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; SOLVENT INJECTION; WELL CONFIGURATION;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 84928211408     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22178     Document Type: Article

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