Petroleum column-height controls in the western Hammerfest Basin, Barents Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-240

  Hermanrud, Christian ^a,b   Halkjelsvik, Malene Eikås ^a,b   Kristiansen, Kine ^a,b   Bernal, Asdrúbal ^a   Strömbäck, Anna Christiana ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AT FAULTS; BARENTS SEA; COLUMN HEIGHT; GAS-WATER CONTACTS; HAMMERFEST; HYDROCARBON LEAKAGE; STRUCTURAL CAPACITIES; VERTICAL LEAKAGE;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LEAKAGE; RESERVOIR;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; HAMMERFEST BASIN;

EID: 84923592731     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2013-041     Document Type: Article

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