Simulation study of CO2 huff-n-puff process in Bakken tight oil reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North America and Rocky Mountain Joint Conference and Exhibition 2014

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 881-896

  Yu, Wei ^a   Lashgari, HamidReza ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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