A surface-subsurface study of reservoir-scale fracture heterogeneities in Cretaceous carbonates, North Oman

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 270, Issue , 2007, Pages 227-244

  De Keijzer, M ^a   Hillgartner, H ^b   Al Dhahab, S ^b   Rawnsley, K ^b  

^a NAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OUTCROP;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33947531698     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.270.01.15     Document Type: Article

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