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Effect of gel plugs on water and oil flow in a nonhomogeneous porous reservoir

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The factors influencing gel plug emplacement, their breakdown time, and the effect of the plugging on the flow distribution in a reservoir and the water-oil ratio in producing wells after plug emplacement are discussed.

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  1. P. T. Zubkov
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  2. K. M. Fedorov
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Tyumen'. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 99–107, March–April, 1995.

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Zubkov, P.T., Fedorov, K.M. Effect of gel plugs on water and oil flow in a nonhomogeneous porous reservoir. Fluid Dyn 30, 238–244 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02029836

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