Conventional and unconventional petroleum "orderly accumulation": Concept and practical significance

Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-27

  Zou, Caineng ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Guosheng ^a   Hou, Lianhua ^a   Zhu, Rukai ^a   Tao, Shizhen ^a   Yuan, Xuanjun ^a   Dong, Dazhong ^a   Wang, Yuman ^a   Guo, Qiulin ^a   Wang, Lan ^a   Bi, Haibin ^a   Li, Denghua ^a   Wu, Na ^a  

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

Author keywords

"factory like"operation pattern; "man made reservoir"; "orderly accumulation"; "sweet spot area"assessment; co development; petroleum exploration into source rocks; shale gas; shale oil; tight gas; tight oil; Unconventional petroleum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894783415     PISSN: 10000747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11698/PED.2014.01.02     Document Type: Article

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