ESTIMATING POROSITY AND WATER SATURATION FROM SEISMIC/ACOUSTIC SIGNALS: A CORRECTION ON THE EFFECT OF SHALINESS

Authors

  • Bambang Widarsono Research and Development Centre for Oil and Gas Technology "LEMIGAS"
  • Fakhriyadi Saptono Research and Development Centre for Oil and Gas Technology "LEMIGAS"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29017/SCOG.23.3.1084

Keywords:

Porosity, Water Saturation, Shaliness

Abstract

The presence of shale in sedimentary rocks tends to introduce complexity in any formation evaluation activities. This is also the case when efforts are spent in estabilishing a method that enables analysts to estimate porosity and water saturation from seismic survey.

References

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2000)

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