Fault block migrations inferred from asphaltene gradients

SPWLA 54th Annual Logging Symposium 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dong, Chengli ^a   Hows, Melton P ^a   Cornelisse, Peter MW ^a   Elshahawi, Hani ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; FAULTING; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND;

ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; COMPOSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; PRODUCTION PLANNING; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84900538390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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