The Role of Electrofacies, Lithofacies, and Hydraulic Flow Units in Permeability Predictions from Well Logs: A Comparative Analysis Using Classification Trees

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2191-2201

  Perez, Hector H ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   Mishra, S ^b  

^a Texas A and M U   (United States)

^b INTERA Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORE PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC FLOW;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142277199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84301-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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