Tunnel valleys and density flow processes in the Upper Ordovician glacial succession, Illizi Basin, Algeria: Influence on reservoir quality

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-324

  Hirst, J P P ^a   Benbakir, A ^b   Payne, D F ^c   Westlake, I R ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^c Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

GAS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

DENSITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCISED VALLEY; ORDOVICIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ALGERIA; ILLIZI BASIN;

EID: 0036647180     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2002.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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