Basin-centred gas in the makó trough, Hungary: A 3D basin and petroleum system modelling investigation

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-416

  Badics, Balázs ^a,b   Uhrin, András ^c   Veto, István ^d   Bartha, Attila ^e   Sajgó, Csanád ^f  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^d Schlumberger ^*  (Hungary)

^e SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Mak ; Pannonian basin; Petroleum system; Shale gas; Tight gas; Trough

Indexed keywords

PANNONIAN BASIN; PETROLEUM SYSTEM; SHALE-GAS; TIGHT-GAS; TROUGH;

ENERGY RESOURCES; HOLMIUM; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SHALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GASES;

DRILLING; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HUNGARY;

EID: 80055113692     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079310-063     Document Type: Article

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