Assessing accuracy of gas-driven permeability measurements: A comparative study of diverse Hassler-cell and probe permeameter devices

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Filomena, C M ^a,c   Hornung, J ^b   Stollhofen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CORRELATION TESTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM EQUATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROBES;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORE ANALYSIS; DATABASE; GAS FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84893266604     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-1-2014     Document Type: Article

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