… the shear behavior of heavy-oil rocks in the seismic frequency band, we describe torsional
experiments in these rocks to decipher their shear moduli and shear … the oil and the heavy oil …

… shear behavior of heavy-oil rocks and oil … their shear moduli and shear attenuation under
varying temperature and frequency. For heavy oils, we examine both the rock containing the oil …

… We measured shear velocity in heavy oil in the glass state with conventional ultrasonic wave…
can extract the bulk (K) and shear (μ) moduli of heavy oils. Figure 5 shows the moduli of a …

… of the heavy oils, increasing the shear modulus near the … shear modulus with respect to
what is measured in seismic techniques. Heavy oils are aggregates that at rest or under low shear…

… Among the most important are stress concentration and redistribution, shear dilation, weakening
of the … This, in summary, is the story of the fortuitous discovery of cyclic steam injection. …

… This book is dedicated to all those scientists and technologists who have and will become
enthralled and enchanted by the wiles of the asphaltenes and heavy oils, and to the families …

… shear region near the pipe wall, where it lubricates the flow. Once the pumping pressures
are balanced by the wall shear … the oil viscosity (Beretta et al., 1997; Joseph et al., 1997). The …

As conventional-oil resources are depleted worldwide, vast heavy oil reserves available in
various parts of the world become increasingly important as a secure future energy source. …

… a model of the shear behavior of heavy oils with varying amplitudes. Literature examples
demonstrate similar behavior for materials that differ from heavy oils. Before summarizing the …

… The sample temperature history was controlled during the test using convected gas in the …
Behura et al. to measure the shear properties of heavy oils and heavy-oil-saturated rocks. …