Determination of formation temperature from bottom-hole temperature logs-a generalized Horner method

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Kutasov, I M ^a   Eppelbaum, L V ^b  

^a Pajarito Enterprises   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjusted circulation time; Borehole; Formation temperature; Horner method

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244450357     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/2/002     Document Type: Article

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