Mobilization of entrapped organic fluids by elastic waves and vibrations

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Iassonov, Pavel P ^a   Beresnev, Igor A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVES;

CAPILLARY FORCE; PORE CHANNELS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; THRESHOLD-VALUE; VIBRATORY AMPLITUDE; WAVE ACCELERATION; WAVE INTENSITIES; WAVE VIBRATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 58149513157     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/104315-PA     Document Type: Article

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