Joint inversion of transient pressure and dc resistivity measurements acquired with in-situ permanent sensors: A numerical study

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1173-1191

  Alpak, Faruk O ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Habashy, Tarek M ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCARBONS; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; ROCKS; SENSORS; WATER INJECTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW RATE; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOPHYSICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER;

FLUID PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE PULSES; SENSOR GEOMETRIES; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT ACQUISITION SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 8144219994     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1801935     Document Type: Article

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