Experiments and modelling of water injection in water-wet fractured porous media

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Pooladi Darvish, M ^a   Firoozabadi, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FRACTURE WATER LEVEL (FWL); FRACTURED RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0034158803     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/00-03-02     Document Type: Article

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