Lack of inhibiting effect of oil emplacement on quartz cementation: Evidence from Cambrian reservoir sandstones, Paleozoic Baltic Basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1280-1295

  Molenaar, Nicolaas ^a,b   Cyziene, Jolanta ^a,c   Sliaupa, Saulius ^b   Craven, John ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Geological Survey of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Heterogeneity; Oil inhibition; Quartz cement; Quartz arenite; Reservoir properties

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; HETEROGENEITY; OIL INHIBITION; QUARTZ CEMENT; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; CURING; OIL FIELDS; OXIDE MINERALS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SILICA;

QUARTZ;

CAMBRIAN; CEMENTATION; EMPLACEMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INHIBITION; OIL FIELD; PALEOZOIC; POROSITY; QUARTZ; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

EID: 54949137325     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25979.1     Document Type: Article

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