Geostatistical three-dimensional modeling of oolite shoals, St. Louis Limestone, southwest Kansas

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-96

  Qi, Lianshuang ^a,b   Carr, Timothy R ^a   Goldstein, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING; OOLITE SHOALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOFACIES; OIL PRODUCTION; OOLITE; OROGENY; ROCK PROPERTY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846410308     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08090605167     Document Type: Article

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