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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
M. K. G.'s research is supported by grants from NSERC (Grant number 238530) and ongoing
support from Nexen Inc., ConocoPhillips Canada, Devon Energy Canada, BP Canada, Statoil
and Shell. Thanks to Floyd Henk, Andrew Pulham, James MacEachern, Shahin Dashtgard,
and Kerri Bann for thoughtful discussion and collaboration. S. G. P., C. M., and J.-P. Z. are also
supported by NSERC through the Discovery Grant Program (Grant numbers A0816, 138826,
and 371662, respectively).
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