Environmental control technology for oilfield processes

Environmental Technology in the Oil Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-51

  Wojtanowicz, A K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958821673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5472-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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