Fracture corridors as seal-bypass systems in siliciclastic reservoir-cap rock successions: Field-based insights from the Jurassic Entrada Formation (SE Utah, USA)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-187

  Ogata, Kei ^a   Senger, Kim ^a,b,c,e   Braathen, Alvar ^a,d   Tveranger, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Electromagnetic Geoservices AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Fracture corridors; Fracture related fluid flow; Reservoir cap rock interconnectivity

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SEALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE CORRIDORS; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY; INTERCONNECTIVITY; PARALLEL FRACTURES; SILICICLASTIC RESERVOIRS; STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPINGS; VERTICAL FLUID FLOW;

FRACTURE;

CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FAULT ZONE; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JURASSIC; PERMEABILITY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84902576310     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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