SQUEEZE Modelling: Treatment Design and Case Histories

SPE - European Formation Damage Conference, Proceedings, EFDC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Mackay, E J ^a   Jordan, M M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 85109202590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/82227-ms     Document Type: Article

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26. th International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29-30 January 2003.
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34. nd International Symposium on Oilfield Scale, Aberdeen, Scotland, 26-27 January 2000.
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