Thermally induced wettability alteration to improve oil recovery in fractured reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-186

  Al Hadhrami, Hamed S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001582426     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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