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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol. 19(3), July 1996, pp. 339-350
©Copyright 1996. Scientific Press, U.K. All rights reserved.

FRACTALS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY IN GEOLOGICAL WIRELINE Previous HitLOGNext Hit Previous HitANALYSISNext Hit

J. Pang* and C. P. North**

A fractal Previous HitanalysisNext Hit method (rescaled-range Previous HitanalysisNext Hit) was applied to wireline logs through the fluvio-deltaic Brent Group (Middle Jurassic) in the Dunlin field, northern North Sea, to test the applicability of fractal Previous HitanalysisNext Hit in geological interpretation of subsurface data. This Previous HitanalysisNext Hit reveals that the fractal dimensions of gamma-ray logs range from 1.0025 to 1.1033. A higher-fractal dimension may indicate more heterogeneous lithologies or reservoirs. Previous HitAnalysisNext Hit of the procedures adopted suggests, however, that fractal concepts in wireline Previous HitlogNext Hit Previous HitanalysisNext Hit should be treated with caution. Changes in the calculation procedure can cause larger variations in the estimate of the fractal dimension for a single Previous HitwellNext Hit than is seen between wells. The validity and suitability of fractals in geological wireline Previous HitlogNext Hit Previous HitanalysisTop need to be considered carefully.

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