Evaluation of dynamic pseudofunctions for reservoir simulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Guzman R E ^a   Giordano, Domenico ^a   Fayers, F J ^a   Godi, Antonella ^a   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONS; WELL STIMULATION;

DYNAMIC PSEUDOFUNCTIONS; STONE'S METHOD;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0033099234     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/54692-pa     Document Type: Article

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