Permeability heterogeneity within the Jerudong Formation: an outcrop analogue for subsurface Miocene reservoirs in Brunei

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 126, Issue , 1997, Pages 195-235

  Prosser, D J ^a   Carter, R R ^b  

^a Z and S (Asia) Ltd   (Australia)

^b Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Snd Bhd   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; PERMEABILITY;

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

EID: 0031545441     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.126.01.14     Document Type: Article

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