Application of inorganic whole rock geochemistry to shale resource plays

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2473-2490

  Wright, A M ^a   Spain, D ^b   Ratcliffe, K T ^a  

^a Chemostrat Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SILICA; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL PHASIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; SHALE FORMATION; SIDE WALLS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RESOURCE VALUATION; ROCKS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SHALE;

EID: 79953125950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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