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Sampling Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 44 SECOND EDITION, APRIL 2003

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Sampling Petroleum Reservoir Fluids

Upstream Segment API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 44 SECOND EDITION, APRIL 2003Copyright American Petroleum Institute Reproduced by IHS under license with API No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS

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