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Experimental Study on Gas Slippage of Tight Gas Sands in Kirthar Fold Belt Sindh, Pakistan

Keywords: Klinkenberg Effect, Tight Gas Sands, Slippage Phenomena

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 3

AFTAB AHMED MAHESAR , ABDUL MAJEED SHAR   , KHALIL REHMAN MEMON   , HAFEEZ-UR-RAHMAN MEMON   , SHAHZAD ALI BALADI   ,

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