High-resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characterization of Upper Thamama (Lower Cretaceous) Reservoirs of a Giant Abu Dhabi Oil Field, United Arab Emirates

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 139-171

  Strohmenger, Christian J ^a   Ghani, Ahmed ^a   Al Jeelani, Omar ^a   Al Mansoori, Abdulla ^a   Al Dayyani, Taha ^a   Jim Weber, L ^b   Al Mehsin, Khalil ^c   Vaughan, Lee ^b   Khan, Sameer A ^b   Mitchell, John C ^b  

^a ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c ADNOC   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 85050380287     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/1215876M883271     Document Type: Chapter

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