Mid-cretaceous rudist-bearing carbonates of the Mishrif formation: An important reservoir sequence in the Mesopotamian Basin, Iraq

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-82

  Aqrawi, A A M ^a   Thehni, G A ^b   Sherwani, G H ^c   Kareem, B M A ^c  

^a Smedvig Technologies AS   (Norway)

^b Ministry of Oil Republic of Iraq   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CEMENTATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; MICRITIZATION; NEOMORPHISM; REGRESSIVE SEQUENCES; RESERVOIR SEQUENCES; RUDIST-BEARING CARBONATE FORMATIONS; STYLOLITIZATION;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RUDIST;

IRAQ, MESOPOTAMIAN BASIN;

EID: 0031894937     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1998.tb00646.x     Document Type: Article

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