Souring of reservoirs by bacterial activity during seawater waterflooding

SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Maxwell, S ^a   Spark, I ^a  

^a Commercial Microbiology Inc ^*

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EID: 85087539072     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93231-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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