Prediction of porosity in compacted sands

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 69, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Gluyas, Jon ^a,b   Cade, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a BP Exploration de Venezuela SA ^*  (Norway)

^b Monument Oil and Gas Plc   (United Kingdom)

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