Imbibition studies of low-permeability porous media

SPE Western Regional Meeting Proceedings

Volumn 1999-May, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Akin, S ^a   Kovscek, A R ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85057417069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/54590-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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