About the Authors

Mohamed Regaieg

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Regaieg, Steven Robert McDougall

mohamed.regaieg@total.com

Affiliations Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Geoscience Research Centre, Total E&P, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Steven Robert McDougall

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Regaieg, Steven Robert McDougall

Affiliation Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Igor Bondino

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Total E&P, Pau, France

Gerald Hamon

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Total E&P, Pau, France

Competing Interests

This study was funded by Total E&P, the employer of M. Regaieg, I.Bondino and G. Hamon. Total E&P also provided technical assistance and permission to publish the paper. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MR SM IB GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR SM IB GH. Wrote the paper: MR SM. Designed the software used in the analysis: MR SM.