Field examples of the combined petrophysical inversion of gamma-ray, density, and resistivity logs acquired in thinly-bedded clastic rock formations

SPWLA 50th Annual Logging Symposium 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sanchez Ramirez, Jorge A ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Wang, Gong Li ^a   Mendoza, Alberto ^a   Wolf, David ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^a   Schell, Gabriela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BHP Billiton   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOGGING; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROCARBONS; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING;

BOREHOLE MEASUREMENTS; HYDROCARBON SATURATION; INTERPRETATION METHODS; MEASUREMENT CORRECTIONS; MULTILAYER RESERVOIRS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SAND-SHALE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 84966652809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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