Evaluation of the steam-injection process in light-oil reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 395-405

  Dehghani, Kaveh ^a,b,c   Ehrlich, Robert ^a,b  

^a SPE ^*

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c Chevron Middle East North Africa Inc

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EID: 26444568768     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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