Hydrocarbon filling history and reservoir continuity of oil fields evaluated using 87Sr/ 86Sr isotope ratio variations in formation water, with examples from the North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-27

  Mearns, E W ^a   McBride, J J ^a  

^a Isotopic Analytical Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reservoir fluid flow; Reservoir zonation; Strontium isotope ratio; Water (subsurface)

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STRONTIUM;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033083890     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.5.1.17     Document Type: Article

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