Integrated workflow for modeling basin-scale petroleum systems: Applications to the Kupe area, Taranaki, New Zealand

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1441-1466

  Roncaglia, L ^a   Arnot, M ^a   Baur, J ^a   Fohrmann, M ^a   King, P ^a   Kroeger, K F ^a   Ilg, B ^a   Strogen, D ^a   Zhu, H ^a   Milner, M ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b OMV New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attribute; Facies; Kupe; Method; Modeling; Regional; Seismic; Taranaki; Workflow

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; FAULTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; LARGE DATASET; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; MODELS; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ATTRIBUTE; FACIES; KUPE; METHOD; REGIONAL; SEISMIC; TARANAKI; WORKFLOW;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78651094436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/133903-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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