A new azimuthal deep-reading resistivity tool for geosteering and advanced formation evaluation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1632-1640

  Bittar, M ^a   Klein, J ^b   Beste, R ^a   Hu, G ^a   Wu, M ^a   Pitcher, J ^a   Golla, C ^a   Althoff, G ^a   Sitka, M ^a   Minosyam, V ^a   Paulk, M ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Subsurface Technology Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING;

AZIMUTHAL CAPABILITY; GEOSTEERING; LOGGING WHILE DRILLING (LWD) PROPAGATION RESISTIVITY TOOLS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 40449084459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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