Present-day stress and pore pressure fields in the Cuu Long and Nam Con Son Basins, offshore Vietnam

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 607-615

  Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^a   Tokunaga, Tomochika ^a   Son, Hoang Phuoc ^b   Van Binh, Mai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b VIETSOVPETRO Joint Venture   (Viet Nam)

^c Vietnam Russia Japan Joint Operating Company   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

In situ stress; Minimum horizontal stress; Pore pressure

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL STRESS MAGNITUDE; PRESSURED SEQUENCES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING STRESS; VERTICAL STRESS MAGNITUDE;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASIN EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WELL;

ASIA; CUU LONG; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 35548954346     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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