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Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs

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In this chapter will present an overview of unconventional natural resources definitions and assessment. In this chapter will present an overview of unconventional natural resources definitions and assessment. Whereas, a different characterization have been presented to defined most of the unconventional reservoirs.

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Ganat, T.AA.O. (2020). Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs. In: Fundamentals of Reservoir Rock Properties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28140-3_8

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