New solutions for pressure transient response for a horizontal or a hydraulically fractured well at an arbitrary orientation in an anisotropic reservoir

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 627-636

  Spivey, J P ^a   John Lee, W ^a  

^a S A Holditch and Assocs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL TESTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WELL PRESSURE;

ANISOTROPIC RESERVOIRS; EQUIVALENT ISOTROPIC SYSTEMS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0031635367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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