Petrofacies: Enhancing the deepwater reservoir characterization effort in West Africa

Petrophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-189

  Sullivan, Keith B ^a   Campbell, John S ^a   Dahlberg, Kenneth E ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FUNCTIONS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL MODELS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0037773194     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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