Rock typing in gas shales

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2883-2902

  Kale, Sagar ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a   Sondergeld, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS PRODUCERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY; SHALE GAS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MERCURY INJECTION CAPILLARY PRESSURES; MINIMUM INTERFERENCE; PETROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ROCKS;

EID: 78651060633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/134539-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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