Steady-state flow behavior of CO2 foam

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kim, J S ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Rossen, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85088761979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89351-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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