A new method for identifying secondary oil migration pathways

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 78-79, Issue , 2003, Pages 389-394

  Liu, Keyu ^a   Eadington, Peter ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Displacement pressure; Oil migration; Wireline log

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CORRELATION METHODS; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; FUEL OILS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE; OIL MIGRATION INTERVALS (OMI); SEALING STRATA; WIRELINE LOG;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BOREHOLE; BOREHOLE LOGGING; BUOYANCY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEALING;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

EID: 7444254394     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00078-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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