Reservoir characterization constrained to well test data: A field example

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 177-192

  Lancia, J L ^a   Kamal, M M ^a   Jenkins, C D ^b   Home, R N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCO Explor and Prod Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROSITY; WELL TESTING; CORE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; WELL PRESSURE;

GEOLOGICAL DATA; OBJECT MODELLING; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; PRESSURE RESPONSE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION; SHUT-IN PRESSURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL CHANNELS;

OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

SHUT IN PRESSURES;

EID: 0029767267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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