Miscibility variation in compositionally grading reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-

  Høier, Lars ^a   Whitson, Curtis H ^a  

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EID: 0039888129     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/69840-pa     Document Type: Article

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