Measurement and theory of gas trapping in porous media during steady-state foam flow

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

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  Tang, Guo Qing ^a   Kovscek, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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