The challenges for carbonate petrophysics in petroleum resource estimation

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Bust, Vivian K ^a   Oletu, Joshua U ^a   Worthington, Paul F ^a  

^a Cline and Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICS; POROSITY; TEXTURES;

HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HYDROCARBON SATURATION; INTERGRANULAR POROSITY; INTERPARTICLE POROSITY; INTERPRETATION METHODS; PETROPHYSICAL DELIVERABLES; PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATIONS; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CARBONATE; CLASTIC ROCK; CORE ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FACIES; FRACTURE APERTURE; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POROSITY; RESERVOIR; SATURATION;

EID: 79952351776     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/142819-PA     Document Type: Article

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