Reservoir fluid analysis as a proxy for connectivity in deepwater reservoirs

Petrophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-88

  Elshahawi, Hani ^a   Mullins, Oliver C ^b   Hows, Melton ^a   Colacelli, Santiago ^b   Flannery, Matthew ^a   Zuo, Julian ^c   Dong, Chengli ^b  

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

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; ANALYTES; BLACK OIL; COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; DATA STREAM; DEEPWATER; DEEPWATER RESERVOIRS; DENSITY INVERSION; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; FLUID PROPERTY; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE METHODS; OIL COLUMN; RECOVERABLE RESERVES; RESERVOIR FLUID; RISK FACTORS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ASPHALTENES; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77952390073     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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