Formate brines - New fluids for drilling and completions

Hart's E and P

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-37

  Ramsey, Mark S ^a   Shipp, Jon A ^b  

^a Texas Drilling Associates   (United States)

^b Cabot Performance Materials   (United States)

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EID: 0344146857     PISSN: 15274063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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