Petroleum reservoir porosity versus depth: Influence of geological age

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1281-1296

  Ehrenberg, S N ^a,b   Nadeau, P H ^a   Steen, O ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b PanTerra Geoconsultants BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GAS INDUSTRY; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; GEOLOGICAL AGE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GLOBAL SCALE; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PLEISTOCENE; PRECAMBRIAN; RESERVOIR POROSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

AGE; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GAS FIELD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

EID: 70450250021     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06120908163     Document Type: Article

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