Digital outcrop models reduce uncertainty and improve reservoir characterization

World Oil

Volumn 230, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 46-49

  Adams, Erwin W ^a   Bellian, Jerome A ^b,c   Reyes, Reuben ^b  

^a Shell ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 70349861948     PISSN: 00438790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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