Fractal Transient Pressure Behavior of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2259-2268

  Flamenco Lopez F ^a   Camacho Velazquez R ^a  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COMPRESSIBILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTALS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; STEADY FLOW; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WELL PRESSURE;

CONDUCTIVITY INDEX; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; TRANSIENT PRESSURE ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142266365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/71591-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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