A hybrid approach for litho-facies characterization in the framework of sequence stratigraphy: A case study from the South Pars gas field, the Persian Gulf basin

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-102

  Sfidari, Ebrahim ^a   Kadkhodaie Ilkhchi, Ali ^b   Rahimpour Bbonab, Hossain ^a   Soltani, Behzad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electro facies; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Litho facies; Self organizing maps; South Pars gas field

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GAS INDUSTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LITHOGRAPHY; LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; STRATIGRAPHY;

ELECTRO-FACIES; GAS FIELDS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING APPROACH; LITHO-FACIES; SELF-ORGANIZING MAP NEURAL NETWORK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ANHYDRITE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOLOMITE; GAS FIELD; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; SOUTH PARS GAS FIELD;

EID: 84912097772     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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