Ultimate Capacity of a Disposal Well in Drilling Waste Injection Operations

SPE/IADC Drilling Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Abou Sayed, Ahmed S ^a   Guo, Quanxin ^a   Meng, Fanhong ^a   Zaki, Karim ^a  

^a Advantek International Corp   (United States)

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EID: 85087594954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/79804-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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