Uses of pressure and temperature data in exploration and new developments in overpressure detection

SPE Reprint Series

Volumn , Issue 49, 1999, Pages 64-70

  Pilkington, P E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER PRESSURE DETECTION; OVERPRESSURE; WIRELINE LOGS;

FLUIDS; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SHALE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WELL LOGGING;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 0032607225     PISSN: 08910901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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