Sand production and foamy oil flow in heavy-oil reservoirs

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

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 367-378

  Wang, Yarlong ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAND;

FIELD PERFORMANCE; FIELD SIMULATION; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; RESERVOIR DEPLETION; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; SIMPLE MODELING;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85057380956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/37553-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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