Improved reservoir simulation with seismically derived fracture models

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3961-3971

  Ouenes, Ahmed ^a   Zellou, Abdel M ^a   Robinson, Gary C ^a   Balogh, David R ^a   Araktingi, Udo G ^a  

^a PRISM SEISMIC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK (DFN); FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SEISMICALLY DERIVED FRACTURE MODELS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044450197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90822-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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