Integration of geochemical, mud-gas, and downhole-fluid analyses for the H assessment of compositional grading - Case studies

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 829-843

  Elshahawi, Hani ^a   Hows, Melton ^b   Dong, Chengli ^b   Venkataramanan, Lalitha ^b   Mullins, Oliver C ^b   McKinney, Daniel ^a   Flannery, Matthew ^a   Hashem, Mohammed ^a  

^a SPE

^b Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DOWNHOLE-FLUID ANALYSES; MUD-GAS; QUANTIFYING CONNECTIVITY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 40349114882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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