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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects Volume 34, 2012 - Issue 15
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The Estimation of a Formation Fracture Pressure Gradient by Using Drilling Data and Artificial Neural Networks

A. Mollakhorshidi Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Omidiyeh Branch, Omidiyeh, Khuzestan, Iran
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R. Arabjamaloei Department of Petroleum Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Omidiyeh Branch, Omidiyeh, Khuzestan, Iran
Pages 1384-1390 | Received 24 Jan 2011, Accepted 18 Mar 2011, Published online: 07 Jun 2012

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