Developing and managing turbidite reservoirs - case histories and experiences: Results of the 1998 EAGE/AAPG research conference

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Dromgoole, Peter ^a   Bowman, Mike ^b   Leonard, Andrew ^b   Weimer, Paul ^c   Slatt, Roger M ^d  

^a Magham Doe   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Field history; Production optimization; Reservoir performance; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TURBIDITE;

EID: 0034075578     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.6.2.97     Document Type: Article

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