Depositional controls on reservoir properties in a braid-delta sandstone, Tirrawarra oil field, South Australia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-156

  Hamlin, H Scott ^a,c   Dutton, Shirley P ^a,c,d   Seggie, Robert J ^b   Tyler, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Santos Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BRAID-DELTA SANDSTONE; MUDSTONES; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR FACIES; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIRRAWARRA OIL FIELD;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BRAID DELTA; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FLOW UNIT; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, TIRRAWARRA OIL FIELD;

EID: 0029768587     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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