Facies and Reservoir-quality Variations in the Late Visean to Bashkirian Outer Platform, Rim, and Flank of the Tengiz Buildup, Precaspian Basin, Kazakhstan

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-95

  Collins, J F ^a   Kenter, J A M ^b,c   Harris, P M ^c   Kuanysheva, G ^d   Fischer, D J ^d   Steffen, K L ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d Tengizchevroil   (Kazakhstan)

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EID: 84923349989     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/1215874M881469     Document Type: Chapter

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