Fast SAGD and geomechanical mechanisms

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2002, CIPC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Gong, J ^a   Polikar, M ^a   Chalaturnyk, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GASOLINE;

CUMULATIVE STEAM-OIL RATIOS; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; OPERATING STRATEGY; RECOVERY PROCESS; SHEAR FAILURE; STEAM DRIVES; THERMAL RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

GEOMECHANICS;

EID: 85087226875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2002-163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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