Kuparuk oil field, Alaska, a mixture of Kekiktuk gas condensate and Shublik oil

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1761-1778

  Dzou, Leon I ^a  

^a JL TB ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; GASES; GASOLINE; NAPHTHAS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

AROMATICITIES; MIGRATION PATH; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PARAFFINICITY; PETROLEUM MIGRATION; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GAS CONDENSATES;

ALKANE; CONGLOMERATE; EVAPORITE; FRACTIONATION; FUGACITY; GAS CONDENSATE; GAS SEEPAGE; NAPHTHALENE; OIL FIELD; TOLUENE;

ALASKA; ALBERTA; CANADA; KUPARUK OILFIELD; KUPARUK RIVER; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649777177     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06301009167     Document Type: Article

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