Fifty years of exploration in the Niger Delta (West Africa)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 78, 2005, Pages 211-226

  Saugy, Luc ^a   Eyer, Jerome A ^b  

^a Exploration Consultant   (France)

^b Earth Science and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33645530076     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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