Estimation of shape factors in fractured reservoirs

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 545-550

  If, F ^a,b   Frykman, P ^c  

^a COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^b Hess Denmark ApS   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chalk; Dual porosity simulation; Low permeability carbonate; Matrix fracture exchange; Random walk; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052535692     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0060545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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