Fault seal analysis in hydrocarbon exploration and appraisal: examples from offshore mid-Norway

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 7, Issue C, 1997, Pages 125-138

  Welbon, A I ^a   Beach, A ^a   Brockbank, P J ^a   Fjeld, O ^b   Knott, S D ^e   Pedersen, T ^c   Thomas, S ^d  

^a Alastair Beach Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (Norway)

^c Conoco Norway Inc ^*  (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e NONE

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EID: 0009147434     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(97)80011-2     Document Type: Article

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