Estimating petrophysical parameters and average mud-filtrate invasion rates using joint inversion of induction logging and pressure transient data

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Lin ^a   Abubakar, Aria ^a   Habashy, Tarek M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INDUCTION LOGGING; MUD LOGGING; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC FORMATIONS; CONSTRAINED INVERSIONS; FORMATION RESISTIVITY; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; MULTIPLICATIVE REGULARIZATIONS; PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT DATA;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857240375     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3541963     Document Type: Article

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