New air injection technology for IOR operations in light and heavy oil reservoirs

SPE Asia Pacific Improved Oil Recovery Conference APIORC

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Greaves, M ^a   Ren, S R ^a   Xia, T X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85088004053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/57295-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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