Beyond 'dots in a box': An empirical view of reservoir permeability with tomographic fracture imaging

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Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Geiser, Peter ^a   Lacazette, Alfred ^a   Vermilye, Jan ^a  

^a Global Microseismic Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; IMAGING METHOD; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863825869     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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