Concepts, characteristics, potential and technology of unconventional hydrocarbons: On unconventional petroleum geology

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-428

  ZOU, Caineng ^a   ZHANG, Guosheng ^a   YANG, Zhi ^a   TAO, Shizhen ^a   HOU, Lianhua ^a   ZHU, Rukai ^a   YUAN, Xuanjun ^a   RAN, Qiquan ^a   LI, Denghua ^a   WANG, Zhiping ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conventional hydrocarbon geology; Shale oil and gas; Tight oil and gas; Unconventional oil and gas industrial system; Unconventional petroleum geology

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 84882236375     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(13)60053-1     Document Type: Article

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