Process tomography in the oil industry - State of the art and future possibilities

Measurement and Control

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 212-216

  Hammer, Erling A ^a   Johansen, Geir Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING; PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031223840     PISSN: 00202940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002029409703000705     Document Type: Article

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