Engineering properties of chalk related to diagenetic variations of Upper Cretaceous onshore and offshore chalk in the North Sea area

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 151-170

  Hjuler, M L ^a   Fabricius, I L ^b  

^a Geoteknisk Institut   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohesion; flooding properties; geomechanical properties; North Sea; outcrop chalk; reservoir chalk

Indexed keywords

COHESION; FLOODING PROPERTIES; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NORTH SEA; OUTCROP CHALK; RESERVOIR CHALK;

ADHESION; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALS; POROSITY; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CEMENTATION; CHALK; COHESION; CONSOLIDATION; CRETACEOUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EKOFISK FIELD; NORTH SEA; SOUTH ARNE FIELD;

EID: 69249215162     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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