Quantitative hydrocarbon potential mapping and organofacies study in the Greater Balder Area, Norwegian North Sea

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1317-1329

  Justwan, H ^a   Dahl, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bisnorhopane; Gas potential; Hydrocarbon system; Mapping; North sea; Norway; Oil potential; Organofacies; Source rock

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344446155     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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