Influence of porosity and pore fluid on acoustic properties of chalk: AVO response from oil, South Arne Field, North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-330

  Japsen, Peter ^a   Bruun, Anders ^b   Fabricius, Ida L ^c   Rasmussen, Rasmus ^a   Vejbæk, Ole V ^a   Pederson, Jacob Mørch ^b   Mavko, Gary ^d   Mogensen, Christian ^b,e   Høier, Christian ^a,f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b ØDegaard A S   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Denerco Oil   (Denmark)

^f DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Chalk; Fluids; North Sea; Porosity

Indexed keywords

AVO METHOD; CHALK; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POREWATER; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH ARNE FIELD; WORLD;

EID: 10244232888     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-586     Document Type: Article

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