Compartmentalization of Rotliegendes gas reservoirs by sealing faults, Jupiter Fields area, southern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 123, Issue , 1997, Pages 87-104

  Leveille, Gregory P ^a   Knipe, Rob ^b   More, Colin ^c   Ellis, Dave ^d   Dudley, Graham ^e   Jones, Greg ^b   Fisher, Quentin J ^b   Allinson, Gareth ^f  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Engineering and Technical Assurance   (United Kingdom)

^d Mobil North Sea Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FAULT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

NORTH SEA;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031545612     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.123.01.06     Document Type: Article

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