Porosity Prediction in Quartzose Sandstones as a Function of Time, Temperature, Depth, Stylolite Frequency, and Hydrocarbon Saturation

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 637-647

  Bjørkum, Per Arne ^a   Oelkers, Eric H ^b   Nadeau, Paul H ^a   Walderhaug, Olav ^a   Murphy, William M ^c  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUARTZOSE SANDSTONE; STYLOLITE FREQUENCY;

SANDSTONE;

HYDROCARBON SATURATION; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0032053223     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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