Steam chamber growth and propagation dynamics dictates the success of a steam-assisted
gravity drainage (SAGD) process, which is an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method for …

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analyses in heavy oil reservoirs are essential for
engineers to evaluate and optimize the field operations in terms of safety, economy, and …

Mudstone stringers in an oil sand reservoir can significantly affect the propagation of the
steam chamber in the process of steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). The micro …

Steam assisted gravity drainage technology has been widely applied to bitumen recovery in
Karamay, northwest China. Steam circulation prior to production is designed to establish the …

Unconventional oil and gas reservoirs are mostly characterized by unconnected pores and
abnormal pore pressures. These conventional effective stress theories, such as Biot's theory …

Steam circulation prior to production is usually employed to establish inter-well thermal
communication and create an expected initial steam chamber in the process of bitumen …

The techniques of natural gas production from hydrate reservoir are significantly different
from those used for conventional oil and gas resources, because the virgin hydrate will …

Water injection can effectively improve the reservoir porosity and permeability by shear
dilation in the vicinity of wellbores. In this paper, shear dilation and permeability …

Viscosity-temperature behavior is important for the thermal recovery of bitumen: firstly, it is a
criterion for evaluating the evolution of mobility with temperature, which affects oil …

Steam‐assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology is an essential means of efficient
development of heavy oil, super heavy oil, oil sands, and other unconventional resources in …