Conditions for Foam Generation in Homogeneous Porous Media

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 495-507

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

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOAM GENERATION; GAS MOBILITY;

CAPILLARITY; FOAMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS; PHASE COMPOSITION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WETTING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642435390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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