Advances in measuring porosity and permeability from drill cuttings

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 135-143

  Lenormand, R ^a   Fonta, O ^b  

^a Cydarex

^b Geopetrol SA

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLS; GAMMA RAYS; PORE SIZE; POROUS PLATES; TRAVEL TIME;

DRILL CUTTINGS; DRILLING TOOL; FIELD TEST; NEW RESULTS; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TECHNIQUES OF MEASUREMENTS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 58149518076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/111286-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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