Foams in Enhancing Petroleum Recovery

Foam Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 283-305

  Schramm, Laurier L ^a   Eddy Isaacs, E ^b  

^a SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Alberta Innovates: Energy and Environment Solutions   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781119954620.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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