Magnetic resonance relaxation-tomography to assess fractures induced in vugular carbonate cores

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn OMEGA, Issue , 1999, Pages 677-683

  Borgia, G C ^a   Bortolotti, V ^a   Fantazzini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POROSITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

MICROFRACTURES; VUGULAR CARBONATE CORES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0033330343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/56787-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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