Application of a thermal simulator with fully coupled discretized wellbore simulation to SAGD

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2000, CIPC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Tan, T B ^a   Butterworth, E ^a   Yang, P ^b  

^a PetroStudies Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GASOLINE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PROCESS CONTROL; SIMULATORS; STEAM SEPARATORS AND TRAPS; TUBING;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; FRICTIONAL EFFECTS; FULLY-COUPLED; PROCESS SIMULATORS; STEAM CHAMBER; THERMAL SIMULATORS; WELLBORE PRESSURE; WELLBORE SIMULATIONS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 85088075033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2000-015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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