Tracer flow and pressure performance of reservoirs containing distributed thin bodies

SPE Formation Evaluation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Sato, Kozo ^a   Abbaszadeh, Maghsood ^b  

^a INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; WELL PRESSURE;

COMPLEX VARIABLE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DISCONTINUOUS THIN BODIES; TRACER BREAKTHROUGH TIME;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

PRESSURE; RESERVOIRS; TRACERS;

FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRESSURE BEHAVIOUR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; TRACER FLOW;

EID: 0030235914     PISSN: 0885923X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28444-pa     Document Type: Article

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