Theory and analysis of injectivity tests on horizontal wells

SPE Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Peres, Alvaro M M ^a   Reynolds, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PRESSURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER INJECTION; WELL COMPLETION;

INJECTIVITY TESTS; OIL RESERVOIR; PRESSURE BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PHASE SOLUTION; THOMPSON-REYNOLDS STEADY STATE THEORY; WATER SATURATION;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0038112118     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84957-PA     Document Type: Article

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