A comparison of predictive oil/water holdup models for production log interpretation in vertical and deviated wellbores

SPWLA 35th Annual Logging Symposium 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages

  Ding, Z X ^a   Ullah, K ^a   Huang, Y ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTED BOREHOLES; OIL WELLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DEVIATION ANGLES; DRIFT FLUX MODELING; EXPLICIT DEPENDENCES; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; LOG INTERPRETATION; NUCLEAR DENSITIES; PREDICTION MODEL; PRODUCTION LOGS;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 85054367591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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