Numerical investigation of steam and gas mixing in heavy oil production

Annual Technical Meeting 1999, ATM 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Zhao, L ^a   Law, D ^a   Yuan, J Y ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRUDE OIL; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOW OF GASES; HEAT LOSSES; STEAM;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY PROCESS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85054090580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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