Relationship of Reservoir Properties for Shaly Sandstones Based on Effective Porosity

Petrophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 328-341

  Wu, Tao ^a   Berg, Robert R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CLAY MINERALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURES;

MICROPOROSITY;

EID: 0142188217     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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