Improved permeability estimation through use of fuzzy logic in a carbonate reservoir from Southwest Iran

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 369-377

  Taghavi, A A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; FUZZY SETS; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; MULTILINEAR REGRESSION; SARVAK FORMATION; SONIC LOGS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22244491374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93269-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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