Relationship between low-frequency electrical properties and hydraulic permeability of low-permeability sandstones

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zisser, Norbert ^a   Kemna, Andreas ^a   Nover, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RELAXATION TIME; SANDSTONE; TIGHT GAS;

HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; LOW PERMEABILITY SANDSTONE; PERMEABILITY DETERMINATIONS; PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELAXATION TIME DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL INDUCED POLARIZATION;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LITHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLARIZATION; POWER LAW; SANDSTONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 84864155646     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3413260     Document Type: Article

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