Formation resistivity response to loading and unloading confining pressure

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Saner, Salih ^a   Amabeoku, Maclean ^a   Kissami, Mimoune ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CORE SAMPLES; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CEMENTATION FACTORS; CONFINING PRESSURE; FORMATION RESISTIVITY RESPONSE; LABORATORY CONDITION MEASUREMENTS; SATURATION EXPONENT;

CORE ANALYSIS;

CEMENTATION FACTOR; CONFINING PRESSURE; FORMATION FACTOR; LOADING; RESISTIVITY; UNLOADING;

EID: 0030235971     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-4105(96)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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