Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research - Research activities with emphasis on fluid flow in fault zones

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Tveranger, Jan ^a   Braathen, Alvar ^a   Skar, Tore ^a   Skauge, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; OIL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 33746620150     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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