Influence of depositional sand quality and diagenesis on porosity and permeability: Examples from Brent group reservoirs, northern North Sea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 197-211

  Ehrenberg, S N ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DEPOSITION; FELDSPAR; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBONATE CEMENT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TOTAL VARIATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

DIAGENESIS; JURASSIC; PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR QUALITY; SAND;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030944796     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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