Dossier: Challenges and New Approaches in EOR
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Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles
Volume 67, Number 6, November-December 2012
Dossier: Challenges and New Approaches in EOR
Page(s) 887 - 902
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2012065
Published online 06 February 2013
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