Microscopic observations of oil displacement in water-wet and oil-wet systems

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, FM 1971

Volumn , Issue , 1971, Pages

  Donaldson, Erle C ^a   Thomas, Rex D ^a  

^a USBM ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ENGINEERS; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; WETTING;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; INDIVIDUAL NETWORK; INTERCONNECTED PORES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; WATER BREAKTHROUGH;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 85085408412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/3555-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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