Structure and regional context of onshore fields in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2002, ADIPEC 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Johnson, Christopher A ^a   Sattar, Mohamed Abdul ^b   Rosell, Rafael ^b   Al Shekaili, Fatema ^b   Al Zaabi, Naema ^b   Gombos, Andrew ^a,b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GASOLINE; SEISMOLOGY;

ABU DHABI , UAE; BASEMENT STRUCTURES; ECHELON FAULTS; INTERNAL STRAINS; LATE CRETACEOUS; ONSHORE FIELDS; SEISMIC DATAS; TRANSPRESSION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 85088065799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/78488-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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