The Precambrian basement: a major reservoir in the rifted basin, Gulf of Suez

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-222

  Salah, M G ^a   Alsharhan, A S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WATER CONTACT MOVEMENT;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); LEACHING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; OIL WELL; RESERVOIR;

BASEMENT; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURES; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD; RIFT BASIN;

RED SEA, GULF OF SUEZ;

EID: 0032030394     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(97)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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