Seismic expression of fracture-swarm sweet spots, Upper Cretaceous tight-gas reservoirs, San Juan Basin

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1519-1534

  Hart, Bruce S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; CURVE FITTING; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CURVATURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE INTENSITY; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE SWARMS; SUBTLE STRUCTURES; TIGHT-GAS SANDSTONES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CRETACEOUS; FAULT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750356132     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05020605171     Document Type: Article

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