Radioactive tracers: Review of principle factors in design and application

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, OGR 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 691-706

  McLaughlin, James S ^a  

^a Cardinal Surveys Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

DESIGN AND APPLICATION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EXPOSURE DOSE; GAMMA SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; PRINCIPLE FACTORS; STIMULATION OPERATIONS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TRACER TECHNOLOGY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 85054467197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/35233-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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