Porosity loss, fluid flow, and mass transfer in limestone reservoirs: Application to the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation, Mississippi

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-118

  Heydari, Ezat ^a  

^a Mississippi Office of Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OOID GRAINSTONES;

COMPACTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIMESTONE; MASS TRANSFER; MODAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WELL CEMENTING; WELL PRESSURE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034062289     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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