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Control of Viscous Fingering in Enhanced Oil Recovery

Written by Jeff Hopkins | 9/10/18 4:00 PM

Scientists in China and Canada have discovered a low-cost method of improving the recovery of oil that better controls the hydrodynamic instability referred to as “viscous fingering.”

Read the abstract on the Wiley Online Library 

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