Improved estimation of mineral and fluid volumetric concentrations in thinly-bedded and invaded formations

SPWLA 51st Annual Logging Symposium 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heidari, Zoya ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Preeg, William E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOGGING; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROCARBONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NEUTRON LOGGING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; HYDROCARBON SATURATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MULTILAYER RESERVOIRS; NON LINEAR INVERSION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATION EQUATIONS; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS;

MINERALS;

EID: 85045642605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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