The Role of Cut-offs in Integrated Reservoir Studies

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2887-2902

  Worthington, Paul F ^a   Cosentin, Luca ^b  

^a Cline and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROPHYSICS; SILICISLASTICS;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142288727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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