Integration of inclined pilot hole core with horizontal image logs to appraise an aeolian reservoir, Auk Field, Central North Sea

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-55

  Follows, E ^a,b  

^a Shell UK Expro ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Auk Field; Core; Horizontal well; Image log; Rotliegend

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; IMAGE LOG; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

NORTH SEA, AUK FIELD;

EID: 0030765389     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo.3.1.43     Document Type: Article

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