Spatial pressure compartmentalization in faulted reserviors as a consequence of fault connectivity: A fluid flow modelling perspective Xaréu oil field, NE Brazil

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-352

  de Medeiros, Walter Eugênio ^a   do Nascimento, Aderson Farias ^a   Antunes, Alex Francisco ^a   de Sá, Emanuel Ferraz Jardim ^a   Neto, Francisco Fonted Lima ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluid flow simulation; Pressure compartmentalization; Reservior compartmentalization; Scaling law; Sealing faults

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCALING LAWS; TECTONICS;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; OIL FIELD; SEALING;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36348981593     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079306-709     Document Type: Article

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