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Scales of Geologic Heterogeneity of a Deep-Water Sand Giant Oil Field, Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field, California

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Deep-water sands form economically important hydrocarbon reservoirs in many parts of the world. Although they have been studied extensively from a traditional, somewhat qualitative perspective, quantitative reservoir characteristics are poorly understood, and often are not described in a format suitable for reservoir engineering applications. Like other types of sands, heterogeneities of deep-water sand reservoirs can be described at four scales (terminology after Krause et al., 1987): microscale (grains and pores), mesoscale (near well bore), macroscale (interwell), and megascale (field-size).

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    T. F. Moslow

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Slatt, R.M., Phillips, S., Boak, J.M., Lagoe, M.B. (1993). Scales of Geologic Heterogeneity of a Deep-Water Sand Giant Oil Field, Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field, California. In: Rhodes, E.G., Moslow, T.F. (eds) Marine Clastic Reservoirs. Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0160-9_12

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