Rock typing as an effective tool for permeability and water-saturation modeling: A case study in a clastic reservoir in the Oriente basin

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4025-4039

  Guo, G ^a   Diaz, M A ^a   Paz, F ^a   Smalley, J ^a   Waninger, E A ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW-ZONE-INDICATOR (FZI); ROCK TYPING; ROCKQUALITY-INDEX (RQI);

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 33644805889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/97033-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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