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For assisting in making an informed decision about the selection of an experimental or a non-experimental approach to characterize and determine CO2-reservoir oil miscibility in terms of the MMP, a quick review of the needs to determine the MMP and various factors including the technical and economic factors that might have a great influence on such decision are presented and discussed in detail.
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Saini, D. (2019). Characterization and Determination of CO2-Reservoir Oil Miscibility. In: CO2-Reservoir Oil Miscibility. SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95546-9_2
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