Mechanical and thermal properties of unconsolidated sands and its applications to the heavy oil SAGD project in the Tia Juana field, Venezuela

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1999-January, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Vasquez A R H ^a   Sanchez M S D ^b   McLennan, J ^a   Guo, Q ^c   Portillo, F ^a   Poquioma, W ^a   Blundun, M ^a   Mendoza, H ^d  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b SPE VVA Consultores CA ^*  (Venezuela)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BOREHOLES; CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; SHEAR WAVES; SPECIFIC HEAT; STABILITY; STEAM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL LOGGING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 84940847223     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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