Factors controlling the destruction or preservation of giant light oilfields

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-217

  Macgregor, Duncan S ^a  

^a S Tower ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Destructive processes; Flushing; Giant oilfields; Leakage; Seepage

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FLUSHING; LEAKAGE; OILFIELD; SEEPAGE;

EID: 0030452629     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.2.3.197     Document Type: Article

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