Hydrodynamic aquifer or reservoir compartmentalization?

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-336

  Muggeridge, Ann ^a   Mahmode, Hisham ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; HUBBERT; OIL-WATER CONTACT; PRESSURE DEPTHS; STEADY STATE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DATA SET; EQUILIBRIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84857881246     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/06141110169     Document Type: Article

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