Improving reservoir models of Cretaceous carbonates with digital outcrop modelling (Jabal Madmar, Oman): Static modelling and simulating clinoforms

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-332

  Adams, Erwin W ^a,c   Grélaud, Carine ^b   Pal, Mayur ^a   Csoma, Anita E ^a,e   Al Jaaidi, Omar S ^c   Al Hinai, Rashid ^d  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b University of Bordeaux   (France)

^c Locked Bag No 1 ^*  (Malaysia)

^d PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^e Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoir heterogeneity; Clinoform; Natih formation; Oman; Outcrop; Static and dynamic reservoir modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CLINOFORM; NATIH FORMATION; OMAN; OUTCROP; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; DIGITAL MAPPING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; SEISMIC DATA;

DAKHILIYA; JABAL MADMAR; OMAN;

EID: 80052825672     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079310-031     Document Type: Article

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