Accurate reservoir water saturations from oil-mud cores: Questions and answers from Prudhoe Bay and beyond

Log Analyst

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 23-44

  Woodhouse, Richard ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

OIL MUD CORES; PRUDHOE BAY; RESERVOIR WATER SATURATIONS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 0032074943     PISSN: 0024581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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