Estimation of petrophysical parameters from 3D images of carbonate core

SPWLA Middle East Regional Symposium 2007, MERS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sok, R M ^a   Arns, C H ^a   Knackstedt, M A ^a,b   Senden, T J ^a   Sheppard, A P ^a   Averdunk, H ^a   Pinczewski, W V ^b   Okabe, Hiroshi ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; COREMAKING; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PORE INTERCONNECTIVITY; SATURATION EXPONENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROAT ASPECT RATIO;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 85044229263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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