Temporal changes of fault seal and early charge of the Maui Gas-condensate field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-250

  Reilly, Cathal ^a,b   Nicol, Andrew ^a,c   Walsh, John J ^b   Kroeger, Karsten F ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fault seal; Migration; Shale gouge ratio; Temporal seal integrity

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; HYDROCARBONS; SHALE;

FAULT SEAL; GAS-CONDENSATE FIELDS; GAS-WATER CONTACTS; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MIGRATION; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; SEAL INTEGRITY; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

GAS CONDENSATES;

EID: 84949883626     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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