Sampling procedure for small-scale heterogeneities (crossbedding) for reservoir modelling

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 961-977

  Mikes, D ^a,b  

^a Hof van Groenen 21   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lamina; Permeability sampling; Small scale heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CROSSBEDDED ROCKS; PERMEABILITY SAMPLING; RESERVOIR MODELLING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CROSS-BEDDING; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY; SAMPLING;

EID: 33751169370     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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