Pore-scale modelling of the effect of viscous pressure gradients during heavy oil depletion experiments

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2009, CIPC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bondino, I ^a   McDougall, S R ^b   Hamon, G ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CAPILLARITY; CRUDE OIL; GASOLINE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PHASE INTERFACES; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; INTERFACE TRACKING; LOW CAPILLARY NUMBERS; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; PORE-SCALE MODELLING; PORE-SCALE NETWORKS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SOLUTION GAS DRIVE;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 85086687624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2009-187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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