Predicting the formation fracture gradient of middle east reservoirs using non-parametric optimal transformation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 101-113

  Nashawi, I S ^a   Malallah, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING OPERATIONS; FRACTURE GRADIENTS; OPTIMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PRESSURE WELLS;

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; POISSON RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22244492042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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