Dependence of some SAGD operations characteristics on steam zone pressure

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/CIM 8th One-Day Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, HWT 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Thimm, H F ^a  

^a Thimm Petroleum Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICA; STEAM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID GAS; CARBONATE SCALING; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRODUCTION RATES; SILICA DISSOLUTION; SILICA PRODUCTION; STEAM ZONE PRESSURES; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 85088406122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/cim-01-05-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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