Investigation of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in oil fields and oil Lakes in Kuwait

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 9th International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2008 - "In Search of Sustainable Excellence"

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 456-461

  Abdullah, F H ^a   Saad, H R ^a   Farhan, A R ^a   Sharma, M M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; HEALTH , SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM SECTORS; SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LAKES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 52349124617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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