Characterizing fracture and matrix heterogeneitis in folded Devonian carbonate thrust sheets, Waterton tight gas fields, Western Canada

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 270, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-279

  Rawnsley, Keith ^a   De Keijzer, M ^a   Wei, L ^a   Bettembourg, S ^a   Asyee, W ^a   Massaferro, J L ^a   Swaby, P ^a   Drysdale, D ^a   Boettcher, D ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEVONIAN; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GAS FIELD; GAS WELL; HETEROGENEITY; MISSISSIPPIAN; PERMEABILITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947510224     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.270.01.17     Document Type: Article

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