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The subject of the present chapter is the Buckley-Leverett equation, which describes two-phase displacement of immiscible liquids through porous media, and the simultaneous flow of oil and water, in particular. Water-flooding of reservoirs, which is the basic process involved in the development of oil fields, can be described in a large-scale approximation by a quasi-linear first-order hyperbolic equation [64,197].
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Bedrikovetsky, P., Rowan, G. (1993). One-Dimensional Motion of a Two-Phase System of Immiscible Liquids in a Porous Medium. In: Rowan, G. (eds) Mathematical Theory of Oil and Gas Recovery. Petroleum Engineering and Development Studies, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2205-6_1
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