Characterisation of epeiric "layer-cake" carbonate reservoirs: Upper Muschelkalk (Middle Triassic), the Netherlands

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-146

  Borkhataria, Ravi ^a,b   Aigner, Thomas ^a   Pöppelreiter, Michael C ^b   Pipping, J C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CORRELATION THEORY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FLOW BARRIERS; PALEOTECTONICS; RESERVOIR MODELS; RESERVOIR QUALITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MUSCHELKALK; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TRIASSIC;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18144380642     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2005.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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