A rigorous mathematical approach for petrophysical properties estimation

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1509-1516

  Viberti, Dario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon Originally In Place (HOIP); Inversion problem; Lagrange Newton; Log interpretation; Net To Gross (NTG); Petrophysical properties; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951781096     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.1509.1516     Document Type: Article

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