Mobility of foam in heterogeneous media: Flow parallel and perpendicular to stratification

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-212

  Tanzil, Dicksen ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a  

^a BRIDGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL FIELDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

FOAM LAMELLAE; FOAM MOBILITY; GAS FRACTIONAL FLOW;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 0036613061     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/78601-pa     Document Type: Article

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