A Model to Correlate Permeability with Efficient Porosity and Irreducible Water Saturation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2203-2210

  Shang, Bruce Z ^a   Hamman, Jeffry G ^a   Chen, Hung Lung ^a   Caldwell, Donald H ^a  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SURFACE AREA; WATER SATURATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; WATER;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142265112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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