Precambrian Chuar source rock play: An exploration case history in southern Utah

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Uphoff, Thomas L ^a,b,c,d  

^a BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Texaco ^*  (United States)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS SHALE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ANTICLINES; BITUMEN; CHUAR BLACK SHALES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; PRECAMBRIAN; SOURCE ROCK;

USA, UTAH;

EID: 0030789014     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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