Reservoir engineering analysis of microbial enhanced oil recovery

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 365-374

  Bryant, Steven L ^a   Lockhart, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036813014     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/79719-PA     Document Type: Article

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