Use of X-ray CT to measure pore volume compressibility of shaybah carbonates

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-164

  Siddiqul, Shameem ^a,b,c,d,e   Funk, James J ^a,f,g,h   Al Tahini, Ashraf M ^a,i,j  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALGERIAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (Algeria)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EXPEC Advanced Research Center (ARC) of Saudi Aramco   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h Texaco E and P Technology Department   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^j KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPRESSIBILITY; DATA VISUALIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; X RAYS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; PORE VOLUME COMPRESSIBILITIES; STRESS CONDITION; X RAY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBONATE; COMPRESSIBILITY; DIAGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA; SHAYBAH FIELD;

EID: 77949789142     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/116313-pa     Document Type: Article

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