Use of tortuosity for discriminating electro-facies to interpret the electrical parameters of carbonate reservoir rocks

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-249

  Saner, Salih ^a   Al Harthi, Abdulaziz ^a   Htay, Maung Than ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Electrical resistivity; Saudi Arabia; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ARCHIE CEMENTATION FACTOR; DOLOMITIC MUDDY ELECTROFACIES; GRANULAR ELECTROFACIES; LOW WATER SATURATION ZONES; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TORTUOSITY;

ROCKS;

CARBONATE; CARBONATE ROCK; CEMENTATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESISTIVITY; TORTUOSITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030389762     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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