Conductive faults and sealing fractures in the West Sole gas fields, southern North Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 431-451

  Barr, David ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRILLING; FAULTING; FRACTURE; GAS FIELD; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEALING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 38349157302     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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