Viscosity evaluation for NMR well logging of live heavy oils

Petrophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-37

  Yang, Zheng ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^b   Appel, Matthias ^c   Reed, Daniel A ^d  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^d AERA ENERGY LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD-OIL; DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATIONS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS TYPE; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LIVE OIL; LOG LOG SCALE; NMR MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE LEVEL; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SATURATION PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; WELL LOGGING;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84859092258     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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