Analysis of horizontal-well responses: Contemporary vs. conventional

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 260-269

  Ozkan, Erdal ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

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

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EID: 1142282129     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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