Steady state immiscible oil and water flow in a smooth-walled fracture

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Pan, X ^a,c,d   Wong, R C ^a,b,c   Maini, B B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d Atlas Wireline Services

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^g University of Washington ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLOW OF WATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

PHASE INTERFERENCE; SMOOTH WALLED FRACTURE;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 0032069906     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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