Using biomarkers to improve heavy oil reservoir management: An example from the Cymric Field, Kern County, California

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 898-913

  McCaffrey, Mark A ^a,b   Legarre, Henry A ^a   Johnson, Scott J ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKERS; CALIBRATION; CORE ANALYSIS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MANAGEMENT; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; VISCOSITY;

COMPLETION INTERVAL PLACEMENT; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; OIL BIODEGRADATION; OIL VISCOSITY; PRODUCTION ALLOCATION; SIDEWALL CORE BIOMARKER ANALYSES; VISCOSITY PREDICTION; WELL PLACEMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; OIL; VISCOSITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, KERN COUNTY, CYMRIC FIELD;

EID: 0030158177     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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