Fractal and cumulative trace analysis of wire-line logs from a well in a naturally fractured limestone reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-476

  Arizabalo, Rubén Darío ^a   Oleschko, Klavdia ^b   Korvin, Gabor ^c   Ronquillo, Gerardo ^a   Cedillo Pardo, Esteban ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Naturally fractured reservoir; Statistical fractals; Wire line logs

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; WELL LOGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 4444245529     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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