Mechanical characterization in unconventional reservoirs: A facies based methodology

SPWLA 54th Annual Logging Symposium 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Amendt, Dave ^a   Wenning, Quinn ^a   Busetti, Seth ^a  

^a ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; LITHOLOGIC COMPOSITIONS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

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EID: 84960161579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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