Data analysis and novel screening criteria for polymer flooding based on a comprehensive database

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 888-905

  Saleh, Laila Dao ^a,b   Wei, Mingzhen ^a,b   Bai, Baojun ^a,b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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