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Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Weber, K J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Depleted reservoir; Enhanced recovery; Field history; Recompletion; Reserve estimate; Residual oil

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032808227     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.5.2.135     Document Type: Article

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