New developments in the pre-rift prospectivity of the Eritrean Red Sea

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-400

  Bunter, M A G ^a   Debretsion, T ^b   Woldegiorgis, L ^b  

^a Robertson Research International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Hydrocarbon Promotion Unit   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon exploration; Red Sea; Rift zone

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SALTS; SANDSTONE;

ERITREAN RED SEA; HYDROGEN ENTRAPMENT MODEL; MESOZOIC ROCKS; PALAEOZOIC ROCKS; PRE RIFT PRODUCTIVITY; SILICICLASTIC SEQUENCES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; RIFT ZONE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032194795     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.1998.tb00792.x     Document Type: Article

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