Clarifications on oil/heavy oil recovery under ultrasonic radiation through core and 2D visualization experiments

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2007, CIPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Naderi, K ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISCOSITY; VISUALIZATION; WETTING;

ACOUSTIC INTERACTION; CAPILLARY IMBIBITION; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; ULTRASONIC RADIATION; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 85086687894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2007-032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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