A new technology for the characterization of microfractured reservoirs (test case: Unayzah reservoir, Wudayhi field, Saudi Arabia)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-52

  Ameen, Mohammed S ^a   Hailwood, Ernest A ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Green ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROSITY;

MICROFRACTURED RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PERMEABILITY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 39149096004     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08200706090     Document Type: Article

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