Fracture geometries associated with sub-seismic faults - Modelling and outcrop analysis from the chalk of SE England

71st European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2009: Balancing Global Resources. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 2943-2947

  Welch, M ^a   Souque, C ^a   Knipe, R J ^a   Davies, R ^a   Jones, P ^a   Needham, T ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Needham Geoscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FRACTURE; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEISMOLOGY;

BOREHOLE IMAGES; CRETACEOUS CHALK; ENGLAND; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; LOW PERMEABILITY; M-SCALE; NORTH SEA; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC FAULTS;

ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS;

EID: 77049110824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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