State-of-the-art permeability modeling using fuzzy logic in a heterogeneous carbonate (an iranian carbonate reservoir case study

International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 559-570

  Ghafoori, M R ^a   Roostaeian, M ^a   Sajjadian, V A ^a  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CORE PERMEABILITY; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; FUZZY LOGIC MODEL; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE LOGS; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; OPENHOLE; PERMEABILITY MODEL; PERMEABILITY MODELING; PERMEABILITY PREDICTION; RESERVOIR MODELING; WIRELINE FORMATION TESTING;

CAPILLARITY; CORE SAMPLES; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 67650518224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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