Combining high-resolution sequence stratigraphy and mechanical stratigraphy for improved reservoir characterisation in the Fahud field of Oman

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 17-44

  Morettini, Elena ^a   Thompson, Anthony ^p   Eberli, Gregor ^b,c   Rawnsley, Keith ^d   Roeterdink, Roeland ^e   Asyee, Wenche ^p   Christman, Peter ^f,g,h   Cortis, Anthony ⁱ   Foster, Karen ^j   Hitchings, Victor ^k   Kolkman, Wilhelm ^f,l   van Konijnenburg, Jan Henk ^m,n,o  

^a Badley Ashton and Associated Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^j Shell International Exploration and Production   (Netherlands)

^k SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^m VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o Shell's EP Technology Applications and Research Centre in Rijswijk   (Netherlands)

^p Shell's EP Technology Applications and Research Centre in Rijswijk ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 22644446888     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia100317     Document Type: Article

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