The effect of hydrocarbons on quartz cementation: Diagenesis in the Upper Jurassic sandstones of the Miller Field, North Sea, revisited

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-223

  Aase, Nils Einar ^a   Walderhaug, Olav ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Hydrocarbon effect; Microquartz coating; Miller field; Porosity

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444439511     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079304-648     Document Type: Article

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