Primary Migration by Oil-Generation Microfracturing in Low-Permeability Source Rocks: Application to the Austin Chalk, Texas1

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 727-756

  Berg, Robert R ^a   Gangi, Anthony F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL GENERATION MICROFRACTURING; PRIMARY MIGRATION;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GAS OILS; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RATE CONSTANTS; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CHALK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; PERMEABILITY; SOURCE ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033504655     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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