State-of-the-art openhole shale gas logging

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 663-674

  Franquet, Javier A ^a   Bratovich, Matt W ^a   Glass, Richard D ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; FRACTURE; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MINERALS; NEUTRON LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SHALE GAS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NATURAL FRACTURE SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE LOGS; PULSED NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 84906538801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/160862-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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