Bubble break-up in foamy oil flow

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2002, CIPC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Javadpour, F ^a   Maini, B ^a   Jeje, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CRUDE OIL; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HIGH-PRESSURE GRADIENT; OIL-PRODUCTION RATES; PRESSURE DEPLETION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SOLUTION GAS DRIVE;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85088072824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2002-214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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