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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects Volume 34, 2012 - Issue 23
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The Effect of Geometrical Properties of Reservoir Shale Barriers on the Performance of Steam-assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

S. M. Fatemi Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Pages 2178-2191 | Received 18 Mar 2010, Accepted 28 May 2010, Published online: 27 Sep 2012

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