Sedimentological parameterization of shallow-marine reservoirs

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-34

  Howell, John A ^a,b   Skorstad, Arne ^c   MacDonald, Alister ^d   Fordham, Alex ^b   Flint, Stephen ^b   Fjellvoll, Bjørn ^c   Manzocchi, Tom ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^d Roxar ASA   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delta; Modelling; Reservoir; Shoreface

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; WELL FLOODING;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; PROGRADATION; RECOVERY METHOD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 39649099955     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079307-787     Document Type: Article

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