Compaction trends for shale and clean sandstone in shallow sediments, Gulf of Mexico

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-596

  Dutta, Tanima ^a   Mavko, Gary ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^a   Lane, Tim ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA HANDLING; INFILL DRILLING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; VELOCITY;

CORE MEASUREMENTS; INTERVAL VELOCITY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW EFFECTIVE PRESSURES; SEISMIC EXPLORATION; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE;

WELL LOGGING;

BOREHOLE; COMPACTION; HYDROCARBON; OVERPRESSURE; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 65549130519     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3124935     Document Type: Article

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