Characterization of the Karababa-C reservoir in the south Karakus oilfied, southeast Turkey

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 803-820

  Ulu, M ^a   Karahanoglu, N ^b  

^a TPAO   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARABABA C RESERVOIR; KARAKUS OILFIELD; TURKEY;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; OIL FIELD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0032451978     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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