Salinity, Temperature, Oil Composition, and Oil Recovery by Waterflooding

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Tang, G Q ^a   Morrow, N R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BRINES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SALINITY EFFECTS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 0031269178     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36680-PA     Document Type: Article

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