Differential Hydrocarbon Migration and Entrapment in the Karstified Carbonate Reservoir: A Case Study of the Well TZ83 Block of the Central Tarim Uplift Zone

Dixue Qianyuan/ Earth Science Frontiers

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 349-358

  XIANG, Caifu ^a   WANG, Jianzhong ^a   PANG, Xiongqi ^a   ZHOU, Changqian ^a   JIANG, Zhenxue ^a   LIU, Luofu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

central Tarim Uplift Zone; differential hydrocarbon migration and entrapment; karstification; overlapped basin; pore fissure fracture reservoir

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149155178     PISSN: 18725791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5791(08)60115-3     Document Type: Article

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