Quantitative fault seal assessment in hydrocarbon- compartmentalised structures using fluid pressure data

Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications

Volumn 11, Issue C, 2002, Pages 141-156

  Grauls, Dominique ^a   Pascaud, Frederic ^a   Rives, Thierry ^a  

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EID: 77953760446     PISSN: 09288937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8937(02)80012-1     Document Type: Article

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