On the occurrence and formation of open fractures in the Jurassic reservoir sandstones of the Snøhvit Field, SW Barents Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-150

  Wennberg, Ole Petter ^a   Malm, Ove ^a   Needham, Tim ^b   Edwards, Ewart ^b,c   Ottesen, Signe ^a   Karlsen, Frode ^a   Rennan, Lars ^a   Knipe, Rob ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Xadco   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Open fractures; Sandstone reservoir; Sn hvit Field; Stylolites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE; SANDSTONE; THERMOELASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE ZONE; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; JURASSIC; OVERBURDEN; SANDSTONE; STYLOLITE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SNOHVIT FIELD;

EID: 45149100184     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079308-739     Document Type: Article

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