Multi-disciplinary approach to fault and top seal appraisal; Pyrenees-Macedon oil and gas fields, Exmouth Sub-basin, Australian Northwest Shelf

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-259

  Bailey, Wayne R ^a,c   Underschultz, Jim ^a,c   Dewhurst, David N ^a,c   Kovack, Gillian ^b,c,d   Mildren, Scott ^b,c,e   Raven, Mark ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Australian Petroleum Co operative Research Centre Seals Program   (Australia)

^d ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^e JRS Petroleum Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fault seal; Geomechanics; Seal capacity; Seal integrity; Top seal

Indexed keywords

FAULT SEAL; GEOMECHANICS; SEAL CAPACITY; SEAL INTEGRITY;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL FIELDS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

EXMOUTH PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 31544453052     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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