Estimation of directional permeability in fractured reservoirs - concepts and applications

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-100

  MacBeth, Colin ^a   Pickup, Gillian ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63049137262     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: 19494645     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1817431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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