Methodology for integrating analog geologic data in 3-D variogram modeling

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1262-1278

  Kupfersberger, H ^a,b   Deutsch, C V ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL PROCESS SIMULATION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON; MODELING; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0033430949     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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