Characteristics of tight oil in Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-169

  Yao, Jingli ^a,b   Deng, Xiuqin ^a,b   Zhao, Yande ^a,b   Han, Tianyou ^a,b   Chu, Meijuan ^a,b   Pang, Jinlian ^a,b  

^a PETROCHINA CHANGQING OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

^b National Engineering Lab for Exploration and Development of Low Permeability Oil and Gas Fields   (China)

Author keywords

Ordos Basin; Potential resource; Tight oil; Yanchang Formation

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAVITY FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OIL SHALE; PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84876787722     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(13)60019-1     Document Type: Article

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