Three-dimensional Characterization of a Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir, Lower Cretaceous, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

AAPG Memoir

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 173-212

  Yose, Lyndon A ^a   Ruf, Amy S ^b   Strohmenger, Christian J ^c   Al Hosani, Ismail ^c   Al Maskary, Shamsa ^c   Bloch, Gerald ^c   Al Mehairi, Yousuf ^c   Schuelke, Jim S ^b   Gombos, Andy ^b   Johnson, Imelda G ^b  

^a ExxonMobil Qatar Inc   (Qatar)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 85057282703     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1306/1215877M882562     Document Type: Chapter

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