The application of cutoffs in integrated reservoir studies

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 968-975

  Worthington, Paul F ^a,b  

^a Gaffney Cline and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; POROSITY; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; CORE PERMEABILITY; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; PORE DIAMETERS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR DATA; WATER SATURATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR FLOODING; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 59649105311     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95428-pa     Document Type: Article

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