Quantitative formation permeability evaluation from Stoneley waves

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Brie, Alain ^c   Endo, Takeshi ^c   Johnson, David ^b   Pampuri, Ferdinanda ^a  

^a AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC METHOD;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; STONELEY WAVE;

EID: 0034130141     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/60905-PA     Document Type: Article

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