An electrical analog facility for hydrocarbon reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3136-3153

  Worthington, P F ^a  

^a Cline and Assocs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATION; WATER SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33644814688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/96718-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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