A time-domain induced-polarization method for estimating permeability in a shaly sand reservoir

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-631

  Tong, Maosong ^a   Li, Li ^b   Wang, Weinan ^a   Jiang, Yizhong ^a  

^a Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau   (China)

^b NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS WELL LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SHALY SAND RESERVOIR; TIME-DOMAIN INDUCED-POLARIZATION DECAY CURVE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; SAND;

EID: 33748358912     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2006.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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