Pool characterization of Ordovician Midale field: Implication for Red River play in northern Williston basin, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1699-1715

  Pu, Renhai ^a   Qing, Hairuo ^b   Kent, Donald M ^c   Urban, Mark A ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c D M Kent Consulting Geologist Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ANTICLINE STRUCTURES; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

OIL FIELDS;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ORDOVICIAN; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOURCE ROCK; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CANADA; MIDALE FIELD; SASKATCHEWAN; WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 0344925607     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07080302021     Document Type: Article

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