Predicting rock mechanical properties of carbonates from wireline logs (A case study: Arab-D reservoir, Ghawar field, Saudi Arabia)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-444

  Ameen, Mohammed S ^a   Smart, Brian G D ^b   Somerville, J Mc ^b   Hammilton, Sally ^b   Naji, Nassir A ^a  

^a Exploration Technical Services Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab D; Carbonate reservoirs; Elastic moduli; Geomechanics; Ghawar field; P wave velocity; Rock mechanical logs; S wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARAB-D; CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; GEOMECHANICS; GHAWAR FIELD; P-WAVE VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; POROSITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; ROCKS; SHEAR WAVES;

STRESSES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBONATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LABORATORY METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; PREDICTION; ROCK MECHANICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

ASIA; EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; EURASIA; GHAWAR FIELD; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 63349094883     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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