Simplified modeling of turbidite channel reservoirs

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 480-494

  Alpak, Faruk O ^b   Barton, Mark D ^b   Van Der Vlugt, Frans F ^b   Pirmez, Carlos ^a   Prather, Bradford E ^a   Tennant, Steven H ^a  

^a Shell Exploration and Production International   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; DYNAMIC MODELS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHALE;

ARCHITECTURAL PARAMETERS; CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; FULL-FIELD RESERVOIR MODEL; GEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; SIMPLIFIED MODELING METHODS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEMORY ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77954839803     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/114854-PA     Document Type: Article

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