Estimating the pressure-transient response for a horizontal or a hydraulically fractured well at an arbitrary orientation in an anisotropic reservoir

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 462-469

  Spivey, J P ^a   Lee, W John ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; OIL FIELD; PRESSURE;

EID: 0033388586     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/58119-PA     Document Type: Article

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