The direction of petrophysics: A perspective to 2020

Petrophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-274

  Worthington, Paul F ^a  

^a Fuji Xerox Towers   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; DATA INTEGRATION; DATA SETS; DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTS OF SCALE; GEOMECHANICS; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; MATURE FIELDS; OIL RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICAL; PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATIONS; PETROPHYSICS; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MODELING; RESERVOIR MODELS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SCENARIO APPROACH; SUB-SURFACE IMAGING;

HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELLS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 80052738187     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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