Chemistry of oil-field brines in relation to diagenesis of reservoirs - 2. Reconstruction of palaeo-water composition for modelling illite diagenesis in the Greater Alwyn area (North Sea)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-511

  Bazin, Brigitte ^a   Brosse, Étienne ^a   Sommer, Frédéric ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b Ctr Sci et Technique de TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brent; Diagenesis; Oil field brines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINERALOGY; OIL FIELDS; PETROGRAPHY; PH; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ILLITE DIAGENESIS; PALAEO WATER COMPOSITION; RESERVOIR DIAGENESIS;

BRINES;

DIAGENESIS; FORMATION WATER; ILLITE; OIL FIELD BRINE;

NORTH SEA, BRENT FIELD;

EID: 0031204064     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(97)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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