Combining outcrop data and three-dimensional structural models to characterize fractured reservoirs: An example from Wyoming

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 830-849

  Hennings, Peter H ^a,b   Olson, Jon E ^c   Thompson, Laird B ^a,d  

^a MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Subsurface Technology Group   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTCROP DATA; THREE DIMENSIONAL RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURAL MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033909479     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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