Pressure-Transient Responses of Horizontal and Curved Wells in Anticlines and Domes

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2815-2824

  Al Mohannadi, N ^a   Ozkan, E ^a   Kazemi, H ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FRICTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ANTICLINES; CURVED WELLS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT RESPONSES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 1142276546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/84378-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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