The geology of the Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, India, and the origins of its major oil reservoir, the Fatehgarh Formation

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-130

  Compton, Paul M ^a  

^a Cairn India Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Barmer Basin; Deccan Traps; Fluvial sandstone reservoirs; India; Rift basin

Indexed keywords

BARMER BASIN; DECCAN TRAPS; FLUVIAL SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; INDIA; RIFT BASIN;

HYDROCARBONS; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DECCAN TRAPS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; BARMER; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70049088475     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-827     Document Type: Article

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