Production from Muschelkalk carbonates (Triassic, NE Netherlands): Unique play or overlooked opportunity?

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 299-315

  Poppelreiter M ^a   Borkhataria, R ^b   Aigner, T ^b   Pipping, K ^c  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epeiric ramp; Homoclinal ramp; Intracontinental; Muschelkalk; Reservoir properties; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052517876     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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