Three-phase secondary migration of hydrocarbon

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 637-660

  Helset, Hans Martin ^a,c   Lake, Larry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031739574     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022339201394     Document Type: Article

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