ABSTRACTS
(by author)
NAPE* and AAPG West Africa Deepwater Regional Conference
November 14-18, 2004, Abuja, Nigeria
Search and Discovery Article #90037 (2005)
Posted March, 2005
*Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists
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Field (Offshore Nigeria)
by V. Abreu and R. Hill
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Geochemical Phases
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the Offshore Niger Delta
by A. Adekanle
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Dahomey Basin, Southwestern Nigeria
by Olabisi A. Adekeye and Samuel O. Akande
Acid Generating Potential of Coals from Benue Trough, Nigeria
by T. M. Adene
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by Adedayo Adeogba, Timothy R. McHargue, and Stephen A. Graham
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Way Forward
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Using Integrated Reservoir Management to Quantify Geomechanical Effects on
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Reservoirs
by Peter Damian Emeka Agbata
Seismic Attributes in Subsurface Hydrocarbon Reservoir Mapping: A Case
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Collaborative Graduate Programmes
by J. A. Ajienka, M. B. Ebong, A. Akpan, A. Abolarin, and Philippe Beun
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Inland Basins: Implications for Deepwater Exploration
by Samuel O. Akande
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Geochemistry
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Variation in Texture and Strength of Nigerian Tar Sand: Implication for E&P
of the Niger Delta Deep Water
by D. A. Alao and J. T. Kazeem
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for the Stratigraphic Review of EZ and BZ Oil Fields in the Western Niger Delta
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Play
by Chidi Chukwueke and Emmanuel I. Enu
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Study, Nigeria)
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Sedimentation
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Parts of Lagos Coastline Area, Southwestern Nigeria
by O. A. Ehinola. M. A. Oladunjoye, and U. G. Okwuogoli
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Regional Sequence Stratigraphy and Sand Fairways as Controls on Hydrocarbon
Occurrence in The Niger Delta
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Ohams Agwunobi, Julius Agbo, and Jorge Calvache
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by Chukwuemeka M. Ekweozor
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Surface Geochemistry Direct Technology
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Gas Industry
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Examples from Nigeria
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Preparing the Future
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and Rock Samples
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Integrated Sequence Stratigraphic Approach
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Facies Analysis Application from Clastic Reservoir, Niger Delta
by Taofeek Ademola Ogunyemi and Peter Schlicht
Characterizing Complex Lithology and Architecture of Seismic Volumes of
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Seismic AVO Modeling and Amplitude Calibration to Rock Property for Pore
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