Sulfide Removal and Prevention in Gas Wells

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Hitzman, D O ^a   Dennis, D M ^b  

^a LATA Group   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GAS WELL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EXTRACTION; GAS WELL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EID: 0032437020     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/50980-pa     Document Type: Article

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