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title: Control of Viscous Fingering in Enhanced Oil Recovery
description: 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.”
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# [Control of Viscous Fingering in Enhanced Oil Recovery](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/control-of-viscous-fingering-in-enhanced-oil-recovery)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/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](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aic.16359) [→](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aic.16359)

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