Oil: Oil correlation for some oil fields in the North Western part of the Western Desert, Egypt

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1583-1600

  Harb, Fatma S D ^a   El Nady, Mohamed M ^a   Basta, Janette S ^a  

^a EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Geochemical analysis; Physical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

OIL CHARACTERIZATION; PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY; PHYTANE; PREFERENCE INDEX; PRISTANE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0041888443     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120023240     Document Type: Article

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