Injection Pressures for Geomechanical Enhancement of Recovery Processes in the Athabasca Oil Sands

SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Collins, Patrick M ^a  

^a Petroleum Geomechanics Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 85139379897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/79028-MS     Document Type: Conference Paper

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