Sandstone reservoir quality prediction: The state of the art

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Ajdukiewicz, Joanna M ^a   Lander, Robert H ^b  

^a Exxon Mobil   (United Kingdom)

^b Geocosm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE;

EID: 77955952557     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/intro060110     Document Type: Review

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