Variation in fluid contacts in the Azeri field, Azerbaijan: Sealing faults or hydrodynamic aquifer?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 347, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-112

  Tozer, R S J ^a   Borthwick, A M ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; AQUIFER; DEEP DRILLING; FAULT; FLUID PRESSURE; OIL FIELD; PLIOCENE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WATER LEVEL;

AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 78649640897     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP347.8     Document Type: Article

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