The Arab Formation in central Abu Dhabi: 3-D reservoir architecture and static and dynamic modeling

GeoArabia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-86

  Grötsch, Jürgen ^a   Suwaina, Omar ^b   Ajlani, Ghiath ^b   Taher, Ahmed ^b   El Khassawneh, Reyad ^b   Lokier, Stephen ^c   Coy, Gordon ^c   van der Weerd, Erik ^b   Masalmeh, Shehadeh ^d   van Dorp, Johan ^b  

^a Al Furat Petroleum Company   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b ADNOC   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ABU DHABI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0037273104     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia080147     Document Type: Article

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