The relationship between petroleum emplacement and carbonate reservoir quality: examples from Abu Dhabi and the Amu Darya Basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-72

  Neilson, Joyce E ^a,c   Oxtoby, Norman H ^a,d   Simmons, Michael D ^a,e   Simpson, Ivor R ^a,f   Fortunatova, Natalia K ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Federal State Unitary Enterprise   (Russian Federation)

^c Carbonate Reservoirs Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f King's College ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; PETROLEUM EMPLACEMENT; RESERVOIR QUALITY;

CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CARBONATE ROCK; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROLEUM EMPLACEMENT;

ABU DHABI;

EID: 0032001537     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(97)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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