Literature review on correlations of the non-darcy coefficient

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference 2001, OGR 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Li, Dacun ^a   Engler, Thomas W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECOVERY;

CLASSICAL EQUATION; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLUID DENSITIES; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; INERTIAL EFFECT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NON-DARCY EFFECTS; RECOVERY PROCESS;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 85073629893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/70015-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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