A nonlinear approximation for the pressure behavior of heterogeneous reservoirs

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Kuchuk, Fikri J ^a   Habashy, Tarek M ^b   Torres Verdin, Carlos ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; TRANSIENTS;

HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0030231192     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/26456-pa     Document Type: Article

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