3D porosity and mineralogy characterization in tight gas sandstones

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1476-1483

  Golab, Alexandra N ^a   Knackstedt, Mark A ^a   Averdunk, Holger ^a   Senden, Tim ^a   Butcher, Alan R ^b   Jaime, Patricio ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEI Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COREMAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GASES; MICROPOROSITY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; SECONDARY POROSITY; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS SANDSTONES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

TIGHT GAS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; EXPLOITATION; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MINERALOGY; PORE SPACE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE; SATURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78751500387     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3525363     Document Type: Article

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