Production Analysis of Long-Term Linear Flow in Tight Gas Reservoirs: Case Histories

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1631-1646

  Arevalo Villagran, Jorge A ^a   Wattenbarget, Robert A ^a   Samaniego Verduzco, Fernando ^b   Pham, Tai T ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEMEX   (Mexico)

^c El Paso Production Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LAMINAR FLOW; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

EID: 1142302785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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