Insights to controls on dolomitization by means of reactive transport models applied to the Benicàssim case study (Maestrat Basin, eastern Spain)

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-54

  Corbella, M ^a,b   Gomez Rivas, E ^a,b,c   Martin Martin J D ^b,d,e   Stafford, S L ^b,f   Teixell, A ^a,b   Griera, A ^a   Trave A ^b,d   Cardellach, E ^a   Salas, R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ExxonMobil ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVES; HYDROTHERMAL DOLOMITIZATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY DIFFERENCE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

GEOLOGY;

FUEL SYSTEMS;

DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; DOLOSTONE; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAGNESIUM; MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MAESTRAT BASIN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

EID: 84893816300     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2012-095     Document Type: Article

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