An approach to defining tortuosity and cementation factor in carbonate reservoir rocks

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Azar, Javid Hassanzadeh ^a   Javaherian, Abdolrahim ^b   Pishvaie, Mahmoud Reza ^a   Nabi Bidhendi, Majid ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoirs; Cementation factor; Formation resistivity factor; Generalized Archie equation curve fitting; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CEMENTATION FACTOR; FORMATION RESISTIVITY FACTOR; GENERALIZED ARCHIE EQUATION CURVE FITTING; TORTUOSITY;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBONATES; CURVE FITTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROSITY; ROCKS; WELL LOGGING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CARBONATES; CURVE FITTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROCKS; WELL LOGGING;

BIOT THEORY; CARBONATE ROCK; CEMENTATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SATURATION; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 38649093056     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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