Reservoir characterisation of the low permeability siliceous Barmer Hill Formation, Barmer Basin, India

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1106-1116

  Chowdhury, M ^a   Singhal, M ^a   Datta, S ^a   Sunder, V ^a   O'Sullivan, T ^a   Hansen, P A ^a   Burley, S D ^a  

^a Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC SILICA; BULK ROCKS; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CORE PLUGS; DEEP WATER; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH POROSITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; INSITU STRESS; INTEGRATED WORKFLOW; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LITHOFACIES; LOG DATA; LOG INTERPRETATION; LOW PERMEABILITY; OIL FLOW; OIL MIGRATION; OPTIMAL WELL PLACEMENT; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OUTCROP DATA; PETROPHYSICAL; POISSON'S RATIO; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RIFT BASIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SYN-RIFT; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; XRD; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CORE SAMPLES; DEPOSITS; EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; INTEGRATION; LAMINATING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84857178392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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