Contribution of research borehole data to modelling fine-grained turbidite reservoir analogues, Permian Tanqua-Karoo basin-floor fans (South Africa)

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-190

  Luthi, Stefan M ^a   Hodgson, David M ^b   Geel, Cees R ^a,c   Flint, Stephen S ^b   Goedbloed, Jan Willem ^a,e   Drinkwater, Nicholas J ^d,f   Johannessen, Erik P ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Stratigraphy Group   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

^f CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin floor fans; Outcrop studies; Tanqua Karoo Basin; Well data

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BOREHOLE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; IMAGING METHOD; OUTCROP; SUBMARINE FAN; TURBIDITE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TANQUA;

EID: 33745050665     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079305-693     Document Type: Article

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