Reservoir characterization and facies prediction within the Late Cretaceous Doe Creek Member, Valhalla field, west-central Alberta, Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Atchley, Stacy C ^a   Ball, Nathaniel H ^a,b   Hunt, Luke E ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

^c HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENTS; DEPOSITION; NEUTRON LOGGING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL LOGGING; POROSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ALBERTA , CANADA; COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; DENSITY POROSITY; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR QUALITY; RESISTIVITY VALUES;

SANDSTONE;

COASTAL EROSION; CRETACEOUS; DENSITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; VALHALL FIELD;

EID: 76749164948     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07020909062     Document Type: Article

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