Dolomitization and anhydrite precipitation in permo-triassic carbonates at the south Pars gasfield, offshore Iran: Controls on reservoir quality

Journal of Petroleum Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-66

  Rahimpour Bonab, H ^a   Esrafili Dizaji, B ^a   Tavakoli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anhydrite precipitation; Carbonates; Diagenesis; Dolomitization; Iran; Reservoir characterization; South Pars

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE CEMENTATION; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DEEP BURIALS; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NEAR-SURFACE; PERMO-TRIASSIC; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK FABRICS; SHALLOW BURIAL; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; FABRICS; ISOTOPES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ANHYDRITE; CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; DOLOMITIZATION; GAS FIELD; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF; SOUTH PARS FIELD;

EID: 72549114829     PISSN: 01416421     EISSN: 17475457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-5457.2010.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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