Systematic investigation of waterflood reducing residual oil saturations by increasing differential pressures at various wettabilities

Offshore Europe Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 274-278

  Johannesen, Else B ^a   Graue, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 40449113245     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/108593-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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