Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Year: 2012
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Page No. 348 - 352

Mitigating Potential Risk of Paraffin Wax Deposition on Oil Pipelines in Niger Delta

Authors : C. Ijogbemeye Oseghale, E.J. Akpabio and O. Edebor

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