Technological improvement in petroleum exploration and development

Productivity in Natural Resource Industries: Improvement through Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 73-108

  Bohi, Douglas R ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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EID: 85069879295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315060774-7     Document Type: Chapter

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