Impact of basin evolution, depositional environment, pore water evolution and diagenesis on reservoir-quality of Lower Paleozoic Haima Supergroup sandstones, Sultanate of Oman

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 107-138

  Ramseyer, Karl ^a   Amthor, Joachim E ^b   Spötl, Christoph ^c   Terken, Jos M J ^d   Matter, Albert ^a   Vroon ten Hove, Marietta ^e   Borgomano, Jean R F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Northern Oil Directorate of PDO   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

^e Pearl Gas to Liquids Project   (United States)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PALEOZOIC; POREWATER; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 5444229650     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia0904107     Document Type: Article

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