Pressure buildup analysis of gas wells with damage and non-Darcy flow effect

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Nashawi, Ibrahim S ^a   Elgibaly, Ahmed A ^a   Almehaideb, Reyadh A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SKIN EFFECT; WELL TESTING;

EXTRAPOLATED SHUT IN PRESSURE; NON-DARCY FLOW; NORMALIZED PSEUDO FUNCTIONS; PRESSURE BUILDUP; PSEUDO PRESSURE;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

GAS WELL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE BUILDUP ANALYSIS;

GAS WELL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 0032172037     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(98)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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