The role of cutoffs in integrated reservoir studies

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 276-290

  Worthington, Paul F ^a   Cosentino, Luca ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLOGY;

DYNAMIC RESERVOIR MODELS; PETROPHYSICAL CUTOFFS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 24344488497     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84387-PA     Document Type: Article

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