Hydrodynamic stagnation zones: A new play concept for the Llanos Basin, Colombia

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-41

  Person, Mark ^a   Butler, David ^a   Gable, Carl W ^b   Villamil, Tomas ^c   Wavrek, David ^d   Schelling, Daniel ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Crupo C and C Energia   (Colombia)

^d Petroleum Systems International Inc   (United States)

^e Structural Geology International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; FIELD CONDITIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; LOW TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; PETROLEUM MIGRATION; STAGNATION ZONES; STRUCTURAL CLOSURES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAVY OIL; HYDRODYNAMICS; PETROLEUM; POREWATER; RECHARGE; STAGNATION FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

COLOMBIA; LLANOS;

RUBIALES;

EID: 84857388782     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1305/0810U.11019     Document Type: Article

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