Passive surface geochemical survey leads to dry gas discoveries

World Oil

Volumn 224, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Viforeanu, Andrei ^a   Wells, Wayne ^a   Hodny, Jay W ^a  

^a GEOMED Impex 2002 SRL ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING;

HYDROCARBON SAMPLING;

NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

EID: 0037499604     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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