Prediction of permeability from the skeleton of three-dimensional pore structure

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Magnani, F S ^c   Liang, Zhirong R ^a,b   Philippi, Paulo C ^c   Fernandes, Celso P ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Federal University of Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION MODEL;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0344500797     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/56006-pa     Document Type: Article

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