Reservoir Geochemistry: A Link between Reservoir Geology and Engineering?

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-17

  Larter, S R ^a   Aplin, A C ^a   Corbett, P W M ^a   Ementon, Neil ^a   Chen, Mei ^a   Taylor, P N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

AUTOMATED THERMOVAPORIZATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; REPEAT FORMATION TEST; TAR MATS; VOLUME; WETTABILITY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031077734     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28849-PA     Document Type: Article

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