Reservoir description of the subsurface eagle ford formation, maverick Basin Area, South Texas, USA (SPE 154528)

74th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2012 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012: Responsibly Securing Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2367-2390

  Driskill, B ^a   Garbowicz, A ^a   Govert, A M ^a   Suurmeyer, N ^a  

^a Premier E and P Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; MAPS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; WELL LOGGING;

DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; HYDROCARBON FLUIDS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928157454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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