Experimental studies of water wetting in large-diameter horizontal oil/water pipe flows

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cai, J ^a   Nesic, S ^a   Li, C ^a   Tang, X ^a   Ayello, F ^a   Ohio, U ^a   Ivan, C ^a   Cruz, T ^a   Al Kharnis, J N ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

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