A numerical assessment of modern borehole NMR interpretation techniques

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3043-3057

  Toumelin, Emmanuel ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Sun, Boqin ^b   Dunn, Keh Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID SATURATIONS; PORE STRUCTURES; ROCK CHARACTERIZATION; WETTABILITY;

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BOREHOLES;

EID: 22044443128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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