Merging outcrop data and geomechanical information in stochastic models of fractured reservoirs

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 263-272

  Liu, Xiaohuan ^a   Srinivasan, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; ROCKS; SET THEORY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TECTONICS;

CENTROID; CLUSTERING; DEPICTION; DISK LOCATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 22344454832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90643-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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