A reaction-transport-mechanical approach to modeling the interrelationships among gas generation, overpressuring, and fracturing: Implication for the upper Cretaceous natural gas reservoirs of the Piceance Basin, Colorado

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-565

  Payne, D F ^a   Tuncay, K ^a   Park, A ^a   Comer, J B ^a   Ortoleva, P ^a  

^a Peachtree Business Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PROVENANCE;

OMAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RHEOLOGY; SANDSTONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL PRESSURE;

NATURAL GAS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0034351639     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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