Fundamental approaches to dolomitization and carbonate diagenesis in different hydrogeological systems and the impact on reservoir quality distribution

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2013, IPTC 2013: Challenging Technology and Economic Limits to Meet the Global Energy Demand

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1164-1179

  Xiao, Yitian ^a   Jones, Gareth D ^a   Whitaker, Fiona F ^b   Al Helal, Anwar B ^b   Stafford, Sherry ^a   Gomez Rivas, Enrique ^c   Guidry, Sean ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE DISSOLUTION; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRATIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84883335221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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