Barremian-lower Aptian Qishn Formation, Haushi-Huqf, Oman: A new outcrop analogue for the Kharaib/Shu'aiba reservoirs

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-194

  Immenhauser, Adrian ^a   Hillgärtner, Heiko ^b   Sattler, Ute ^a   Bertotti, Giovanni ^a   Schoepfer, Pascal ^c   Homewood, Peter ^d   Vahrenkamp, Volker ^c   Steuber, Thomas ^e   Masse, Jean Pierre ^f   Droste, Henk ^d,g   Taal van Koppen, José ^a   van der Kooij, Bram ^a   van Bentum, Elisabeth ^a   Verwer, Klaas ^a   Strating, Eilard Hoogerduijn ^k   Swinkels, Wim ^d,g   Peters, Jeroen ^h   Immenhauser Potthast, Ian ⁱ   Al Maskery, Salim ^j  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Shell Intl Explor Production BV   (United Kingdom)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g Carbonate Development Team   (Netherlands)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j AL AIN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^k Westfalische Wilhelms Univ Munster ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 1542740221     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0901153     Document Type: Article

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