Simplified productivity equations for horizontal wells producing at constant rate and constant pressure

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 379-388

  Wael Helmy, M ^a   Wattenbarger, R A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CONSTANT PRESSURE; CONSTANT RATE; PRODUCTIVITY EQUATIONS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0031625166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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