Statistical analysis of syn-rift sediments: an example from the Sarir Sandstone, Messlah Field, Sirte Basin, Libya

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-342

  Gras, R ^a,b  

^a ARABIAN GULF OIL COMPANY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SYN RIFT SEDIMENTS;

SANDSTONE;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

LIBYA; SIRTE BASIN;

EID: 0032123330     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1998.tb00785.x     Document Type: Article

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