Identifying viable EOR thermal processes in Canadian tar sands

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2007, CIPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Manrique, E J ^a   Pereira, C A ^a  

^a Norwest Questa Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ANALYTICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GASOLINE; OIL SANDS; RISK PERCEPTION; TAR;

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GEOLOGIC EVALUATION; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; PROPERTY EVALUATION; RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 85088073089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2007-176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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