Improved Drilling Performance through Integration of Seismic, Geological and Drilling Data

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 303-310

  Stewart, S A ^a   Holt, J ^a  

^a BP Upstream Technology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951548773     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.029.01.28     Document Type: Article

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