Reactive transport models of limestone-dolomite transitions: Implications for reservoir connectivity

International Petroleum Technology Conference 2007, IPTC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-242

  Xiao, Yitian ^a   Jones, Gareth D ^a,b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; GASOLINE; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROPHYSICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESS-BASED APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

LIME;

EID: 70450080990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-11199-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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