Petroleum reservoir rock and fluid properties, second edition

Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-503

  Dandekar, Abhijit Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FILTRATION; GASOLINE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHASE BEHAVIOR; RADIAL FLOW; ROCKS; STUDENTS; WATER INJECTION;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MUD-FILTRATE INVASION; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THREE-PHASE RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85055153270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Book

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