EOR survey in the North Sea

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 294-309

  Awan, A R ^a,b,c   Teigland, R ^a,c   Kleppe, J ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TOTAL   (France)

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