breakthrough sweep efficiency
breakthrough sweep efficiency
[′brāk‚thrü ′swēp i′fish·ən·sē] (petroleum engineering)
The completeness with which an oil-field waterflood sweeps through a reservoir area; related to the critical water saturation (point beyond which oil will not be pushed ahead of the water flow).
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