Paragenetic evolution of reservoir facies, Middle Triassic Halfway Formation, Peejay Field, northeastern British Columbia: Controls on reservoir quality

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 424-444

  Caplan, Mark L ^a,c   Moslow, Thomas F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Ulster Petroleums Ltd   (Canada)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, PEEJAY FIELD;

EID: 0032415777     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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