The effect of temperature on sealing capacity of faults in sandstone reservoirs: Examples from the Gullfaks and Gullfaks Søor fields, North Sea

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1733-1751

  Hesthammer, Jonny ^a   Bjørkum, Per Arne ^a   Watts, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION;

DRILLING; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; SANDSTONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FAULT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEALING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0036812361     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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