Calculation of well index for nonconventional wells on arbitrary grids

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-82

  Wolfsteiner, Christian ^a,b   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a,b   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible grids; Heterogeneity; Nonconventional wells; Reservoir simulation; Semi analytical methods; Well index; Well model

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037240719     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022431729275     Document Type: Article

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