Reservoir compartmentalization: Get it before it gets you

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 347, Issue , 2010, Pages 25-41

  Smalley, P C ^a   Muggeridge, A H ^a,b  

^a Imperial College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIFFUSION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 78649650766     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP347.3     Document Type: Article

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