The Rotliegend reservoir in Block 30/24, UK Central North Sea: Including the Argyll (renamed Ardmore) and Innes fields

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Heward, Alan P ^a,b   Schofield, Paul ^c   Gluyas, Jon G ^d  

^a Alan Heward and Assocs   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c Tuscan Energy   (United Kingdom)

^d Acorn Oil and Gas Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Auk formation; Weissliegend

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249146392     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-578     Document Type: Article

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