Laboratory monitoring of surfactant imbibition with computerized tomography

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-

  Chen, Hung Lung ^a   Lucas, Lee R ^d   Nogaret, Leslie A D ^d   Yang, Huade D ^b,c   Kenyan, Doug E ^d  

^a Marathon's Petrol Technol Ctr   (United States)

^b Marathon's Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0040481056     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/69197-pa     Document Type: Article

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