Fluid properties, phase and compartmentalization: Magnolia Field case study, deepwater Gulf of Mexico, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 237, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-255

  Weissenburger, K S ^a,b   Borbas, T ^a  

^a ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE;

EID: 11044222149     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.237.01.14     Document Type: Article

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