Applications of SEM imaging to reservoir characterization in the eagle ford shale, South Texas, U.S.A.

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 102, 2013, Pages 115-136

  Driskill, Brian ^a   Walls, Joel ^b   DeVito, Juliana ^b   Sinclair, Steven W ^c  

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

^b Ingrain Inc   (United States)

^c Matador Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SATURATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE;

MAVERICK BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923535913     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13391709M1023587     Document Type: Article

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