The reservoir development of the Late Maastrichtian-Early Paleocene Ormen Lange gas field, Møre Basin, Mid-Norwegian Shelf

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1165-1184

  Gjelberg, J ^a   Martinsen, O J ^a   Charnock, M ^a   Moller N ^a   Antonsen, P ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basin floor fan; Egga Member; K T boundary; M re Basin; Maastrichtian; Ormen Lange Field; Paleocene; V le Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052518270     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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