Flow unit classification for geological modelling of a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir: Cretaceous sarvak formation, Dehluran field, SW Iran

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-146

  Taghavi, Ali A ^a   Mork A ^b   Kazemzadeh, E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Cretaceous; Dehluran field; Flow unit; Iran; Modelling; Sarvak formation

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; IRAN; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY;

FLOW UNIT CLASSIFICATIONS; GEOLOGICAL MODELLING; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATE RESERVOIR;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33947654425     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2007.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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