Balder and Jotun - Two sides of the same coin? A comparison of two Tertiary oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-363

  Bergslien, Dag ^a  

^a ESSO NORGE AS an ExxonMobil Subsidiary   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balder; Deep marine; Distal fan; Jotun; Massive sandstone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SANDSTONE; SUBMARINE FAN; TERTIARY;

BALDER FIELD; JOTUN FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0036879863     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.8.4.349     Document Type: Article

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