Jonah field, sublette county, Wyoming: Gas production from overpressured Upper Cretaceous Lance sandstones of the Green River basin

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1049-1062

  Montgomery, Scott L ^a,c,d   Robinson, John W ^b,e,f,g,h  

^a Snyder Oil Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b Snyder Oil Corporation   (United States)

^c KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^d San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^g BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS;

OVERPRESSURED FLUVIAL CHANNEL SANDSTONES; UPPER CRETACEOUS LANCE FORMATION RESERVOIRS;

NATURAL GAS FIELDS;

CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GAS; OVERPRESSURE; SANDSTONE;

USA, WYOMING, GREEN RIVER BASIN, JONAH FIELD;

EID: 0031184595     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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