... thermal method nitrogen heat loss reservoir simulation nitrogen co-injection non-condensable gas laboratory experiment saturation diffusion sagd gas phase saturation simulation flow in porous media bitumen injection rate enhanced recovery oil production oil sand upstream oil & gas...

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... of pressure change. Their results indicated that the solution gas-drive recovery factor increased dramatically as the rate of pressure decline was increased. foamy oil flow bitumen enhanced recovery oil production oil sand upstream oil & gas production control recovery factor gor...

... porosity profile wormhole fraction experiment equation boundary condition vardoulakis horizontal sand pack mpa orifice oil sand attenuation value complex reservoir concentration back pressure symposium porosity enhanced recovery sand production upstream oil & gas sand pack bitumen...

... profile reservoir simulation solid phase particle size solid particle viscosity particle concentration production monitoring production control phase pressure fluid dynamics phase concentration fluid phase axial distance fraction oil sand drilling operation deposition multiphase flow...

... recording of the interface position with time. upstream oil & gas experiment bitumen concentration maini petroleum recovery institute coefficient diffusion coefficient complex reservoir methane carbon dioxide enhanced recovery gas diffusivity equilibrium pressure interface oil sand...

... enhanced recovery spectroscopy deposit high-viscous heavy oil core sample western-leninogorsk area oil sand bitumen devonian deposit oil field upstream oil & gas bavly field composition organic matter contact zone complex reservoir tatarstan THE PETROLEUM SOCIETY PAPER 98-76...

... analyzer) and flaming atomic-adsorption spectroscopy (AAS-1N and Z-6000 Hitachi spectrophotometers) [2]. petroleum deposit production chemistry composition physical chemistry oil sand organic matter romanov institute wax inhibition remediation of hydrates vanadium upstream oil & gas...

... of solvents, either alone or in a "blend" with oil. Historically, re-perforating heavy oil wells gives a short term increase in production. wax remediation case history perforation downhole intervention asphaltene inhibition stimulation oilfield chemistry oil sand well intervention asphaltite...

... mechanism bubble point specimen primary production complex reservoir gas saturation production control reservoir surveillance gas bubble flow behavior foamy oil flow upstream oil & gas blowdown test bitumen heavy oil oil sand pressure depletion production monitoring alberta...

... mechanism in heavy oil. PRESSURE DEPLETION TESTS (BLOWDOWN TESTS) The detailed description of the pressure depletion tests was reported by Wong et al.4. A brief description of testing procedures and pressure responses is presented below. An oil sand core, 8.9 em in diameter and 15 cm in length was cleaned...

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... with a brief discussion of some ' commercial aspects related to the economics of the SAGD process atthe UTF and the marketing of bitumen. The UTF Project is currently owned by the Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA) and funded jointly by AOSTRA (25%) and nine Industry Participants (8 1...

... horizontal stress consolidation bitumen fracture complex reservoir reservoir characterization shear stress shear strength upstream oil & gas stress ratio oil sand alberta nonnally consolidated condition redistribution stress state vertical stress reservoir geomechanics...

... in CIM journals. Publication rights are reserved. This is a pre-print and is subject to correction. ABSTRACT fluid injection. Example field heave measurements an Steam injection is used to recover bitumen from oil sand analytical solutions are consistent with these results. reservoirs in the Cold Lake...

.... LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF HEAVY OIL DEPOSITS Heavy oil and oil sands accumulations are concentrated as shown in Figure 2. The deposits are generally categorized as 1. Lower Cretaceous oil sand deposits, which include Athabasca, Cold Lake, Wabasca and Peace River. Crude oil is generally bitumen to 13 degree...

...THE EFFECT OF A VARIABLE APERTURE SYSTEM ON THE TWO-PHASE FLOW RESPONSE IN AN OIL SAND FRACTURE D.A. WONG D.A. WALTERS B. MAINI this article begins on the next page F THE PETROLEUM SOCIETY PAPER 96-71 The Effect of a Variable Aperture System on the Two-phase Flow Response in an Oil Sand Fracture...

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..., accurate and detailed statistical analysis of emulsion becomes achievable. These analysis may lead to a mapping between statistical characters of emulsion and emulsion formation mechanisms. INTRODUCTION In oil sand and heavy oil recovery processes, physical activities such as shear due to flow...