Wax deposition during production operations: SOTA

Offshore Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1193-1197

  Venkatesan, R ^a,b   Creek, J L ^a,b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 34547656023     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/18798-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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