Diagenesis of an 'overmature' gas reservoir: The Spiro sand of the Arkoma Basin, USA

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-40

  Spötl, Christoph ^a   Houseknecht, David W ^b   Burns, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arkoma basin; Diagenesis; Gas reservoirs; Oklahoma

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

ARKOMA BASIN; DIAGENESIS; NATURAL GAS RESERVOIRS; OKLAHOMA; SPIRO SANDSTONE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DIAGENESIS; GAS; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

USA, OKLAHOMA, ARKOMA RESERVOIR;

EID: 0029667923     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-8172(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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