Angola Block 18: A deep-water exploration success story

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1199-1216

  Fraser, A J ^a   Hilkewich, D ^b   Syms, R ^a   Penge, J ^a   Raposo, A ^c   Simon, G ^d  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c SONANGOL   (Angola)

^d Shell Development Angola BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D seismic risk reduction tool; Angola Block 18; Deep water depositional systems; Lower Congo Basin; Plutonio discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953719550     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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