Open Access
Issue
Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles
Volume 74, 2019
Article Number 82
Number of page(s) 10
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2019052
Published online 18 November 2019
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