Petrophysical analysis of the green river formation, southwestern Colorado—a case study in oil shale formation evaluation

SPWLA 51st Annual Logging Symposium 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Skelt, Christopher ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DATA ACQUISITION; DRILLING FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; GREEN RIVER FORMATION; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PETROPHYSICAL EVALUATIONS; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 84861368486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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