Seismic-attribute identification of brittle and TOC-rich zones within the Eagle Ford Shale, Dimmit County, South Texas

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-151

  Ogiesoba, Osareni ^a   Hammes, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributes; Brittleness; Faults; Inversion; Resistivity; TOC

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BRITTLENESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC LOGGING; FAULTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHALE; SURVEYS;

ATTRIBUTES; EXPLORATION POTENTIAL; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; INVERSION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; TOC; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84919330590     PISSN: 21900558     EISSN: 21900566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13202-014-0106-1     Document Type: Article

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