Investigations on capillary and viscous displacement under ultrasonic waves

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Hamida, T ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; LIMESTONE; MINERAL OILS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CAPILLARY IMBIBITION; INJECTION RATE; INTERFACIAL TENSION FLUID; VISCOUS DISPLACEMENT;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 33645706627     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/06-02-tn2     Document Type: Article

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