Pore system characterisation in heterogeneous carbonates: An alternative approach to widely-used rock-typing methodologies

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 772-793

  Hollis, Cathy ^c   Vahrenkamp, Volker ^a,b   Tull, Simon ^b   Mookerjee, Abhijit ^b   Taberner, Conxita ^c   Huang, Yaduo ^c,d  

^a ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate hydrocarbon reservoir; Permeability; Pore type; Rock type

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CHARACTERISATION; CORE PLUGS; DESCRIPTORS; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; GEOCELLULAR MODELS; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; GIANT CARBONATES; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; KEY CONTROL; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE EVOLUTION; PORE GEOMETRY; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SYSTEM; PORE TYPES; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCK TYPE; ROCK TYPES; ROUTINE CORE ANALYSIS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; THIN SECTION;

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATION; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ROCKS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SOURCE ROCK;

OMAN;

EID: 77950518172     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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