Application of NMR T2 relaxation to drainage capillary pressure in vuggy carbonate reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 680-689

  Ouzzane, J ^a   Okuyiga, M ^a   Gomaa, N ^a   Ramamoorthy, R ^b   Rose, D ^b   Boyd, A ^b   Allen, D F ^b  

^a ADNOC Offshore   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; PORE THROAT SIZE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

BOREHOLES; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARBONATES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PORE SIZE; WELL PRESSURE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33750975643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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