Very low water saturations within the sandstones of the northern Barmer Basin, India

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Indian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition 2008: "The Changing Landscape Emerging Opportunities in the Indian E and P Industry"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 12-25

  O'Sullivan, T ^a   Zittel, R J ^c   Beliveau, D ^a   Wheaton, S ^b   Warner, H R ^d   Woodhouse, R ^d   Ananthkrishnan, B ^a  

^a Cairn India Ltd   (India)

^b TULLOW OIL PLC   (Ireland)

^c Cairn Energy Ltd   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORIES; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY;

CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH POROSITY; LOG DATA; LOW WATER; OIL COLUMN; OIL-BASED MUD; RAJASTHAN; SYNTHETIC OIL; TANK OIL; WATER SATURATIONS;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 58349121426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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