Testing fault transmissibility predictions in a structurally dominated reservoir: Ringhorne field, Norway

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 271-294

  Myers, Rodrick D ^a   Allgood, A ^a   Hjellbakk, A ^b   Vrolijk, P ^a   Briedis, N ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Exxon Mobil   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FAULT ZONE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; PREDICTION; SEISMIC DATA; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TESTING METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RINGHORNE FIELD; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 38349117704     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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