Relationships among formation resistivity factor, compressional wave velocity, and porosity for reservoirs saturated with multiphase fluids

Energy Sources

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 675-685

  Salem, Hilmi S ^a  

^a Atlantic Geo Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compressional wave velocity; Consolidated reservoirs; Formation resistivity factor; Hibernia; Porosity; Terra Nova

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEISMIC WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0035437210     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310119327     Document Type: Article

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