Relations between effective thickness, gas production and porosity in heterogeneous reservoirs: An example from the Molve Field, Croatian Pannonian Basin

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Malvić, Tomislav ^a,b   Velić, Josipa ^b  

^a Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Effective thickness; Molve field; Palaeozoic Cenozoic lithofacies; Pannonian basin; Porosity; Production

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CROATIA; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; LITHOFACIES; PALAEOZOIC; PANNONIAN BASIN;

CAPILLARITY; GAS PIPELINES; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LITHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GAS CONDENSATES;

FAULT ZONE; GAS CONDENSATE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; POROSITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CROATIA; MOLVE; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 77949399751     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-722     Document Type: Article

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