Dolomitization and porosity evaluation of the Cretaceous Upper Qamchuqa (Mauddud) Formation, Khabbaz oil field, Kirkuk area, northern Iraq

GeoArabia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 49-76

  Al Qayim, Basim ^a   Qadir, Fuad M ^a   Albeyati, Fawzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^b NORTHERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DOLOMITIZATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; STYLOLITE;

IRAQ; KIRKUK; TAMIM;

EID: 78649282829     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia150449     Document Type: Article

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