Oil-viscosity predictions from low-field NMR measurements

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Bryan, Jonathan ^a   Kantzas, Apostolos ^a   Bellehumeur, Celine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CANADA; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR); OIL VISCOSITY;

VISCOSITY;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 14644397319     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89070-PA     Document Type: Article

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