A methodology for efficiently populating faulted corner point grids with strain

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Cardozo, Nestor ^a   Røe, Per ^b   Soleng, Harald H ^b   Fredman, Niclas ^a   Tveranger, Jan ^a   Schueller, Sylvie ^a  

^a Center for Integrated Petroleum Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Faults; Havana; Reservoir model; Strain

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMAGE DETECTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 45149126707     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079308-738     Document Type: Article

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