The integrity of oil and gas wells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 10902-10903

  Jackson, Robert B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NATURAL GAS; OIL;

GAS FIELD; GEOLOGY; NOTE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84904988733     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1410786111     Document Type: Note

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