Maturity and impedance analysis of organic-rich shales

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-543

  Prasad, Manika ^a   Kenechukwu, C ^a   McEvoy, T Elizabeth ^a   Batzle, Michael L ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b Exxon Mobil Mobil Producing Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HYDROCARBONS; KEROGEN; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; SHALE; TEXTURES; WELL LOGGING;

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURES; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; TEXTURAL HETEROGENEITIES; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

CORRELATION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; KEROGEN; MATURATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; TEXTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 80054812780     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/123531-PA     Document Type: Article

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