Appraisal and development of the Taq Taq field, Kurdistan region, Iraq

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 801-810

  Garland, C R ^a   Abalioglu, I ^b   Akca, L ^c   Cassidy, A ^a   Chiffoleau, Y ^a   Godail, L ^a   Grace, M A S ^a   Kader, H J ^b   Khalek, F ^a   Legarre, H ^a   Nazhat, H B ^d   Sallier, B ^a  

^a Addax Petroleum Services Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b Taq Taq Operating Company Limited   (Turkey)

^c Genel Enerji AS   (Turkey)

^d Ministry of Oil Republic of Iraq   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Fracture model; Iraq; Middle East Cretaceous reservoirs; Seismic facies analysis; Thrust related fold

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052550967     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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