A fast and direct method of permeability measurements on drill cuttings

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-275

  Egermann, Patrick ^a   Lenormand, Roland ^a   Longeron, Daniel ^a   Zarcone, César ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

DRILL CUTTINGS; OIL INVASION; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

DRILLING; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 24344460562     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77563-PA     Document Type: Article

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