Realizing complex carbonate facies, diagenetic and fracture properties with standard reservoir modelling software

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 309, Issue , 2008, Pages 39-49

  Pöppelreiter, Michael C ^a   Balzarini, Maria A ^b   Hansen, Birger ^c   Nelson, Ronald ^d  

^a Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre   (Qatar)

^b Shell International e and P   (United States)

^c Eriksfiord AS   (Belgium)

^d Broken N Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CARBONATE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GEOSTATISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 72049084013     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP309.3     Document Type: Article

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