Comparison between curvature and 3D strain analysis methods for fracture predicting in the Gachsaran oil field (Iran)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 868-878

  Shaban, Ali ^a   Sherkati, Shahram ^a   Miri, Seyed Abolfazl ^a  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

curvature; fracture; oil; reservoir; strain

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN;

CURVATURE; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE PREDICTION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; INTENSITY INDICATORS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

OIL FIELDS;

CARBONATE ROCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURVATURE; FOLD BELT; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; OIL WELL; PREDICTION; SEISMIC DATA; STRAIN ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 80054884475     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000367     Document Type: Article

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