Light volatile liquid and gas shale reservoir potential of the Cretaceous Shaftesbury Formation in northeastern British Columbia, Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1333-1367

  Chalmers, Gareth R L ^a   Marc Bustin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SHALE GAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; RESERVOIR POTENTIAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GASES;

CEMENTATION; CRETACEOUS; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; KEROGEN; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; SHALE; SILICA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84864264372     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10041111041     Document Type: Article

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