Cold production of heavy oil from horizontal wells in the Frog Lake field

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium 1997, ITOHOS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 279-287

  Huang, W S Bill ^a   Marcum, B E ^a   Chase, M R ^b   Yu, C L ^b  

^a Texaco Inc   (United States)

^b Texaco Canada Petroleum Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LAKES; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BARRELS OF OIL PER DAYS; DEVELOPMENT PLANS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85054070640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/37545-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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