A road map for the identification and recovery of by-passed pay

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Worthington, P F ^a  

^a Fuji Xerox Towers   (Singapore)

Author keywords

By passed pay; Net pay; Reserves; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952410376     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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