Fracture networks in Rotliegend gas reservoirs of the Dutch offshore: Implications for reservoir behaviour

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-57

  Gauthier, B D M ^a,b   Franssen, R C W M ^a,c   Drei, S ^d  

^a NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c Shell Deepwater Development Inc   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broad Fourteens Basin; Gas reservoirs; Prediction methods; Rotliegend

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORK; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ROTLIEGENDES;

BROAD FOURTEENS BASIN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033949230     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021569     Document Type: Article

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