Integration of seismic anisotropy and reservoir-performance data for characterization of naturally fractured reservoirs using discrete-feature-network models

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-142

  Will, Robert ^a   Archer, Rosalind ^b   Dershowitz, Bill ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Golder and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISCRETE- FEATURE- NETWORK (DFN); HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIR-PERFORMANCE DATA; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 18144366977     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84412-PA     Document Type: Article

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