Flow potential of fracture corridors and large conductive fractures in a clastic reservoir, Oman

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 270, Issue , 2007, Pages 245-263

  Ozkaya, S Ismail ^a   Minton, K R ^b  

^a BAKER ATLAS   (United States)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CLASTIC ROCK; DEFORMATION; FAULT; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAPPING; PERMEABILITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33947386996     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.270.01.16     Document Type: Article

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