Modelling of sand production from wells on primary recovery

Annual Technical Meeting, ATM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Tremblay, B ^a   Sedgwick, G ^a   Forshner, K ^b  

^a Alberta Research Council   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUDE OIL; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND;

COLD PRODUCTION; CRITICAL PRESSURES; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HIGH POROSITY; LOOSE SANDS; RECOVERY PROCESS; SAND PRODUCTION; X-RAY CT SCANNER;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85088205106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96-26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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