Structural evaluation of column-height controls at a toe-thrust discovery, deep-water Niger Delta

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1615-1638

  Kostenko, Olga V ^a   Naruk, Steve J ^a   Hack, Willem ^a   Poupon, Manuel ^a   Meyer, Hans Jurg ^a   Mora Glukstad, Miguel ^a   Anowai, Charles ^b   Mordi, Margaret ^c  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Shell Petroleum Development Company   (Nigeria)

^c Dajo Oil Limited   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; FLUID PRESSURES; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; POTENTIAL FAULTS; STRUCTURAL EVALUATION; STRUCTURAL MODELING; THERMOGENIC HYDROCARBONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FAULTING;

FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OIL FIELD; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58549111084     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08040808056     Document Type: Article

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