Residual oil as a tool in migration and filling history analysis of petroleum reservoirs, Ghazal Field, Saudi Arabia

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 617-627

  Arouri, Khaled R ^a   Al Saleh, Salah H ^a   Al Hilal, Ziyad M ^a  

^a Saudi Arabian Oil Company   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION HISTORY; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GAS GEOCHEMISTRIES; HISTORY ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION HISTORY; LIGHT OIL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OIL ACCUMULATIONS; OIL CHARGES; OIL GEOCHEMISTRIES; RECOVERABLE OIL; RESERVOIR CORES; RESIDUAL OIL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIONS; SOURCE ROCKS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; THERMAL MODELING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GAS CONDENSATES; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHALE OIL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BITUMEN; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SILURIAN; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; EURASIA; GHAZAL FIELD; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 67349183442     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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