Hydrates represent gas source, drilling hazard

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 48, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Bagirov, Elchin ^a,b,c,d   Lerche, Ian ^b,e,f,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL AND INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^d STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e Geology Department   (South Africa)

^f Gulf Oil Corp

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSION; HAZARD; HYDRATE; OFFSHORE ACTIVITY; OIL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0031429607     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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