Well configurations in anisotropic reservoirs

SPE Formation Evaluation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-260

  Economides, M J ^a   Brand, C W ^a   Frick, T P ^a,b  

^a SPE

^b Veitsch Radex AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOUNDED FLOW REGIMES; HORIZONTAL DRAINHOLES; VERTICAL WELLS; WELL CONFIGURATIONS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANISOTROPY; RESERVOIRS; WELLS-HORIZONTAL;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; RESERVOIR ANISOTROPY; WELL CONFIGURATION;

EID: 0030434031     PISSN: 0885923X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/27980-pa     Document Type: Article

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