Environmental risk arising from well construction failure: Difference between barrier and well failure, and estimates of failure frequency across common well types, locations and well age

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  King, George E ^a   King, Daniel E ^b  

^a APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b WG Consulting   (United Kingdom)

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