2D modelling of hydrocarbon migration along and across growth faults: An example from Nigeria

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Caillet, Gérard ^a   Batiot, Sébastien ^b  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b IGAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fault property; Fluid flour; Numerical simulation; Petroleum system

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; OVERPRESSURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0038544161     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-499     Document Type: Article

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