Quantifying uncertainties in multi-scale studies of fractured reservoir analogues: Implemented statistical analysis of scan line data from carbonate rocks

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1271-1278

  Guerriero, Vincenzo ^a   Iannace, Alessandro ^a   Mazzoli, Stefano ^a   Parente, Mariano ^a   Vitale, Stefano ^a   Giorgioni, Maurizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Shell Italia E and P ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Fracture statistics; Power law distribution; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE BEDS; CARBONATE ROCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCIES; DATA DISTRIBUTION; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFERENT SCALE; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE ATTRIBUTES; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE STATISTICS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; LARGE APERTURE; LEAST SQUARE; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTISCALES; OPENING DISPLACEMENT; POWER LAW; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR ROCK; SCAN LINE; SORRENTO; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPACING DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

CARBONATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; INTEGRATION; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; FRACTURED MEDIUM; LIMESTONE; RESERVOIR ROCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SORRENTO PENINSULA;

EID: 78649446946     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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