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Research Article

Identifying the hydrocarbon potential from seismic, geochemical, and wireline data of the Sallum intra-basin, North Western Desert of Egypt

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Pages 1-18 | Received 26 Aug 2022, Accepted 28 Nov 2022, Published online: 15 Dec 2022

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