Foams in enhanced oil recovery

Foams: Theory, Measurements, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 413-464

  Rossen, William R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FIELD APPLICATION; LOW VISCOSITY; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; ROCK STRATUMS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; WORLD OIL PRODUCTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 85052463493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203755709     Document Type: Chapter

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