A Comparative Analysis of Pressure Transient Behaviour of Undulating and Horizontal Wells

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 478-485

  Göktaş, Bariş ^a   Ertekin, Turgay ^b  

^a Landmark Graphics Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL LOGGING; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

PRESSURE TRANSIENTS; UNDULATING WELLS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 0345737430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81067-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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