A numerical investigation of pressure transient analysis for horizontal wells in composite reservoirs mimicking thermal recovery situations

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Ambastha, A K ^a,c,d,e,f   Ghaffari, K ^b,f,g,h  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Epic Consulting Services   (Canada)

^c Shell Canada Limited   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Petroleum Society   (United States)

^f APEGGA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h Shell International Exploration and Production

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPH THEORY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEAM;

CARTESIAN GRAPH; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PSEUDOSTEADY STATE METHOD;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0032025293     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/98-03-01     Document Type: Article

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