Formation Testing: Pressure Transient and Contamination Analysis

Formation Testing: Pressure Transient and Contamination Analysis

Volumn 9781118831137, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-438

  Chin, Wilson C ^a   Zhou, Yanmin ^b   Feng, Yongren ^b   Yu, Qiang ^b   Zhao, Lixin ^b  

^a StrataMagnetic Software LLC   (United States)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INSTRUMENT TESTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL LOGGING; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CHINA NATIONAL OFFSHORE OIL CORPORATIONS; CONTAMINATION ANALYSIS; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING; LOGGING INSTRUMENTS; OIL SERVICE COMPANY; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84927679594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118831175     Document Type: Book

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