Residual oil saturation from polymer floods: laboratory measurements and theoretical interpretation

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 744-764

  Huh, Chun ^a,b   Pope, Gary A ^a,b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 53649105002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113417-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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