Contaminated water production in old oil fields with downhole water separation: Effects of capillary pressures and relative permeability hysteresis

SPE - EPA Exploration and Production Environmental Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Inikori, Solomon O ^a   Wojtanowicz, Andrew K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85086527965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/66536-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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