Low salinity oil recovery-increasing understanding of the underlying mechanisms

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 534-544

  Lee, S Y ^a   Webb, K J ^b   Collins, I R ^b   Lager, A ^b   Clarke, S M ^a   O'Sullivan, M ^a   Routh, A F ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a BPI   (United States)

^b BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955406897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129722-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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