Biotreating E&P wastes: Lessons learned from 1992-2003

SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  McMillen, Sara J ^a   Smart, Ross ^a   Bernier, Rene ^a   Hoffmann, Robert E ^b  

^a ChevronTexaco Ener Res Tech Co   (United States)

^b ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum ^*

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