CT imaging of wormhole growth under solution-gas drive

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Tremblay, Bernard ^a   Sedgwick, George ^b   Vu, Don ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032706659     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/54658-PA     Document Type: Article

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