Quantitative assessment of the development of the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1045-1050

  De Groot, S J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

drilling; hydrocarbon industry; North Sea; pipelines; seismic exploration

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; HYDROCARBON; OFFSHORE EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PIPELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC EXPLORATION;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030303445     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0130     Document Type: Article

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