Petroleum migration and accumulation in the Bozhong sub-basin, Bohai Bay basin, China: Significance of preferential petroleum migration pathways (PPMP) for the formation of large oilfields in lacustrine fault basins

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Hao, Fang ^a,b   Zou, Huayao ^a   Gong, Zaisheng ^c   Deng, Yunhua ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Bay basin; Heterogeneous carrier beds; Migration modeling; Preferential petroleum migration pathways

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS CARRIER BEDS; PETROLEUM MIGRATION PATHWAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; POROSITY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; OIL FIELD; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROSITY;

ASIA; BOHAI BAY; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33846787064     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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