The role of stratigraphic juxtaposition for seal integrity in proven CO2 fault-bound traps of the Southern North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-203

  Yielding, Graham ^a   Lykakis, Nikos ^b,c   Underhill, John R ^b  

^a Badley Geoscience Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allan diagram; Carbon storage; Fault seal; Rotliegend group; Southern north sea; Stratigraphic juxtaposition; Zechstein group evaporites

Indexed keywords

ALLAN DIAGRAM; CARBON STORAGE; EVAPORITES; FAULT SEAL; ROTLIEGEND GROUP; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; STRATIGRAPHIC JUXTAPOSITION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL DRILLING;

DISCOVERY WELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EVAPORITE; GAS STORAGE; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ROTLIEGENDES; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052722288     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-0793/10-026     Document Type: Article

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