A Single-Phase Wellbore-Flow Model for Horizontal Vertical, and Slanted Wells

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-133

  Ouyang, Liang Biao ^a   Arbabi, Sepehr ^a,b   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW; WELL PERFORATION;

WELLBORE FLOW MODEL;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 0032091505     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36608-pa     Document Type: Article

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