A study of the structural controls on oil recovery from shallow-marine reservoirs

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-70

  Manzocchi, Tom ^a   Matthews, John D ^b   Strand, J A ^a,f   Carter, Jonathan N ^b   Skorstad, Arne ^c   Howell, J A ^d   Stephen, Karl D ^e   Walsh, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faults; Multipliers; Oil production; Sensitivity; Shallow marine; Transmissibility; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WELL FLOODING;

AGGRADATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FAULT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; OIL PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 39649113827     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079307-786     Document Type: Article

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