Compositional changes during vapex (vapour extraction) operations in heavy oil pools

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2002, CIPC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Singhal, A K ^a   Fisher, D B ^a   Fung, H ^a   Goldman, J ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; GASOLINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; HORIZONTAL INJECTORS; HORIZONTAL PRODUCER; OIL EXTRACTION RATES; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SURFACE FACILITIES; THEORETICAL TREATMENTS; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85086689069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2002-007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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