Overpressure and hydrocarbon trapping in the Chalk of the Norwegian Central Graben

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-42

  Caillet, G ^a   Judge, N C ^b   Bramwell, N P ^b   Meciani, L ^c   Green, M ^d   Adam, P ^d  

^a Elf Petroleum Norge as   (Norway)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (Norway)

^c AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^d Fina Exploration Norway inc   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central Graben; Chalk; Hydrodynamics (geology); Overpressured reservoir; Trap (geology)

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DEPTH; CHALK; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE;

NORTH SEA, CENTRAL GRABEN;

EID: 0030844792     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.1.33     Document Type: Article

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