Fault characterization by seismic attributes and geomechanics in a Thamama oil field, United Arab Emirates

GeoArabia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-76

  Tamura, Yoshihiko ^a   Tsuneyama, Futoshi ^b   Okamura, Hitoshi ^c   Furuya, Keiichi ^a  

^a Japan Oil Development Co   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FAULTING; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; POROSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 2542457623     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia090263     Document Type: Article

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