Hydrocarbon leakage interpreted on seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1304-1319

  Løseth, Helge ^a   Gading, Marita ^a   Wensaas, Lars ^a  

^a StatoilHydro Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cap rock; Gas chimney; Hydrocarbon leakage; Leakage zone; Petroleum system; Seismic anomaly

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; HYDROCARBON LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE ZONE; PETROLEUM SYSTEM; SEISMIC ANOMALY;

CHIMNEYS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CAP ROCK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAPPING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 67349157661     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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