Turbidite reservoirs of the Sele formation, Central North Sea: Geological challenges for improving production

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 449-459

  Hempton, M ^a   Marshall, J ^a   Sadler, S ^a   Hogg, N ^a   Charles, R ^a   Harvey, C ^a  

^a Shell UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Production optimization; Reservoir management; Reservoir modelling; Turbidite reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350340632     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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