Evaluation of fractal models to describe reservoir heterogeneity and performance

SPE Formation Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Perez G ^a,b   Chopra, A K ^a,b  

^a Packers Plus Energy Services

^b Arco E and P Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PERFORMANCE; POROSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FRACTIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION; FRACTIONAL GAUSSIAN NOISE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SUCCESSIVE RANDOM ADDITION; WATER ALTERNATING GAS INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FRACTALS; RECOVERY TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0031105138     PISSN: 0885923X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/22694-PA     Document Type: Review

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