Genesis field, Gulf of Mexico: Recognizing reservoir compartments on geologic and production time scales in deep-water reservoirs

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1701-1729

  Sweet, Michael L ^a   Sumpter, Larry T ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEEP-WATER RESERVOIR; OIL-WATER CONTACT; RESERVOIR COMPARTMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DEEP WATER; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 38349062456     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07190707011     Document Type: Article

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