Reservoir engineering aspects of light-oil recovery by air injection

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 336-343

  Turta, A T ^a   Singhal, A K ^b  

^a SPE

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

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