Petroleum inclusions atop Unayzah gas condensate reservoir: Signpost for an undocumented chapter of the Arabian Basin filling history?

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 698-705

  Arouri, Khaled R ^a   Jenden, Peter D ^a   Al Hajji, Adnan A ^b  

^a Saudi Arabian Oil Company   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER DISTRIBUTIONS; CAMBRIANS; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBON FLUIDS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OIL CHARGE; OIL COLUMN; OIL INCLUSIONS; PERMIAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SIDE CHAINS; TETRACYCLIC TERPANE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; WET GAS;

BIOMARKERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANE; GASES; METHANE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPANE;

INCLUSIONS;

BIOMARKER; CARBONIFEROUS; FLUID INCLUSION; GAS CONDENSATE; PERMIAN; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESERVOIR;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; GHAZAL FIELD; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77954865324     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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