Dossier: Pipeline Transportation of Heavy Oils
Open Access
Issue
Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Rev. IFP
Volume 59, Number 5, September-October 2004
Dossier: Pipeline Transportation of Heavy Oils
Page(s) 511 - 521
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst:2004036
Published online 01 December 2006
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