Engineering core analysis

JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 106-114

  Unolmiser, Servet ^a,b,c,d,e   Funk, James J ^a,d,f,g,h  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d API Committee   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Editorial Review Committee   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744327134     PISSN: 01492136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36780-jpt     Document Type: Article

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