Foam displacements with multiple steady states

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Rossen, W R ^a   Bruining, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE FUNCTION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FRACTIONAL FLOW; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; LIMITING CONDITION; MULTIPLE STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER SATURATIONS;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 84866384993     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/89397-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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