Geological features, major discoveries and unconventional petroleum geology in the global petroleum exploration

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-145

  Caineng, Zou ^a,b   Guangya, Zhang ^a,b   Shizhen, Tao ^a,b   Suyun, Hu ^a,b   Xiaodi, Li ^a,b   Jianzhong, Li ^a,b   Dazhong, Dong ^a,b   Rukai, Zhu ^a,b   Xuanjun, Yuan ^a,b   Lianhua, Hou ^a,b   Hui, Qu ^a,b   Xia, Zhao ^a,b   Jinhua, Jia ^a,b   Xiaohui, Gao ^a,b   Qiulin, Guo ^a,b   Lan, Wang ^a,b   Xinjing, Li ^b  

^a State Key Laboratory of EOR   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

" continuous" petroleum reservoir (field); Geological feature; Global exploration discoveries; Unconventional petroleum geological theory

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CONVENTIONAL OIL; DEEP-WATER AREA; EVALUATION METHOD; EXPLORATION PHASE; FORELAND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GLOBAL EXPLORATION; GLOBAL EXPLORATION DISCOVERIES; OIL GEOLOGY; OIL/GAS FIELD; OIL/GAS RESERVOIR; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

EID: 77952114362     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(10)60021-3     Document Type: Article

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