Three-dimensional modeling of a shoreface-shelf parasequence reservoir analog: Part 1. surface-based modeling to capture high-resolution fades architecture

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1155-1181

  Sech, Richard P ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; METALS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; HYDROCARBON VOLUMES; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; FLUID FLOW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OUTCROP; PARASEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; SHORELINE; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349690472     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05110908144     Document Type: Article

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