Wellbore Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer during Transient Testing

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 174-180

  Hasan, A Rashid ^a   Kabir, C Shah ^b   Wang, Xiaowei ^c  

^a U of North Dakota   (United States)

^b Chevron's Technology Center   (United States)

^c BDM Petroleum Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WELL COMPLETION;

REVERSE SIMULATION;

OIL WELL TESTING;

EID: 0032094159     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/38946-PA     Document Type: Article

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