Types, characteristics, genesis and prospects of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon accumulations: Taking tight oil and tight gas in China as an instance

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-187

  Zou, Caineng ^a   Zhu, Rukai ^a   Wu, Songtao ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Tao, Shizhen ^a   Yuan, Xuanjun ^a   Hou, Lianhua ^a   Yang, Hua ^b   Xu, Chunchun ^c   Li, Denghua ^a   Bai, Bin ^a   Wang, Lan ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHANGQING OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

^c Southwest Oil and Gas Company   (China)

Author keywords

Continuous oil and gas accumulation; Conventional hydrocarbon; Nano hydrocarbon; Shale gas; Shale oil; Shale play; Tight oil; Tight sand gas; Unconventional hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS OIL-AND-GAS ACCUMULATION; NANO-HYDROCARBON; SHALE GAS; TIGHT OIL; TIGHT SAND GAS; UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS;

BUOYANCY; GAS INDUSTRY; MICROMETERS; MINERALOGY; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SHALE OIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84859652190     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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