Open Access
Issue
Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles
Volume 71, Number 2, March–April 2016
Article Number 26
Number of page(s) 14
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2014058
Published online 17 March 2015
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