Assessment of permeability from well logs based on core calibration and simulation of mud-filtrate invasion

Petrophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 434-451

  Salazar, Jesús M ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Sigal, Richard ^b,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Oklahoma University   (United States)

Author keywords

Core log integration; Permeability estimation; Siliciclastics; Simulated invasion

Indexed keywords

CORE-LOG INTEGRATION; MUD-FILTRATE INVASION; PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; SIMULATED INVASION;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS;

WELL LOGGING;

EID: 29144495668     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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