Reservoir rock typing in a carbonate reservoir- Cooperation of core and log data: Case study

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 129-150

  Chekani, Mitra ^a   Kharrat, Riyaz ^b  

^a Petroiran Development Company (PEDCO NIOC)   (Iran)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; LIME; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; FORMATION MICRO-IMAGER; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE ESTIMATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952152441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/123703-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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