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Near-Wellbore Permeability Damage by Fines Migration in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Wells
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This thesis investigates the flow performance impairment or permeability damage under the fines migration process near the SAGD wellbore producers completed with sand control screens. A new sand retention testing (SRT) procedure was developed to replicate a more representative fines migration...
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Near-Wellbore Salinity Effect on Sand Control Plugging by Fines Migration in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Producer Wells
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Sand control screens are necessary for steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) wells drilled into oil sands to prevent sand production. However, the accumulation of mobilized fine particles near the wellbore can result in screen plugging, adversely affecting the well's flow performance. This...
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Optical Diagnostics of the Motion of Spherical, Cylindrical and Irregularly Shaped Particles within variable Flow Media
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The shape of non-spherical or irregularly shaped particles have been a challenging factor to include in mathematical models that describe particle motion in a fluid. In many studies in the literature, irregularly shaped particles have been modelled essentially as spheres. This thesis is an...