Effects of Non-Darcy Flow on Pressure Transient Analysis of Hydraulically Fractured Gas Wells

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1191-1199

  Alvarez, Cesar H ^a   Holditch, Stephen A ^b   McVay, Duane A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WELLS;

GAS WELLS; NON-DARCY FLOW;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 1142278830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/77468-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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