Journal of
Petroleum and Gas Engineering

  • Abbreviation: J. Petroleum Gas Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2677
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPGE
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 124

Full Length Research Paper

Petrographic and diagenetic studies of thick transition zone of a middle-east carbonate reservoir

Aala Awad Idriss Mohamed
  • Aala Awad Idriss Mohamed
  • Petroleum Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box – 2533, United Arab Emirates.
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Hadi Belhaj
  • Hadi Belhaj
  • Petroleum Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box – 2533, United Arab Emirates.
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Jorge Salgado Gomes
  • Jorge Salgado Gomes
  • Petroleum Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box – 2533, United Arab Emirates.
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Achinta Bera*
  • Achinta Bera*
  • Petroleum Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, P. O. Box – 2533, United Arab Emirates.
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  •  Received: 23 August 2016
  •  Accepted: 10 January 2017
  •  Published: 31 January 2017

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