The petroleum industry: entering the 21st century: Editor's introduction
β Scribed by John Gault; Jack Hartshorn
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-4215
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