Devonian Dundee Formation, Crystal Field, Michigan Basin: recovery of bypassed oil through horizontal drilling

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1445-1462

  Montgomery, Scott L ^a   Wood, James R ^b   Harrison III, William B ^c,d  

^a Petroleum Consultant   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Michigan Basin Core Res Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORING; DEVONIAN DUNDEE FORMATION; HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED STATES, MICHIGAN BASIN, CRYSTAL FIELD;

EID: 0032144957     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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