Overview of a giant basin-centered gas accumulation, Mesaverde Group, Piceance Basin, Colorado

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Cumella, Stephen P ^a  

^a Bill Barrett Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

COLORADO; MESA VERDE; NORTH AMERICA; PICEANCE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746148260     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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