Application of high-resolution sequence stratigraphy to northwest Hutton Field, northern North Sea: implications for management of a mature Brent Group field

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1416-1436

  Flint, Stephen ^a   Knight, Simon ^a,b   Tilbrook, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Saga Petroleum   (Norway)

^c Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; WELL CONNECTIVITY;

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH SEA, HATTON FIELD;

EID: 0032124752     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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