Reservoir engineering analysis of microbial enhanced oil recovery

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn , Issue B, 2000, Pages 741-756

  Bryant, Steven L ^a   Lockhart, Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; NUTRITION; POROSITY; RESIDUAL FUELS; WELL FLOODING;

OIL RECOVERY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0034589496     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/63229-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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