An Account of Decline-Type-Curve Analysis of Vertical, Fractured, and Horizontal Well Production Data

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3043-3055

  Araya, Anibal ^a   Ozkan, Erdal ^b  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

DECLINE-CURVE ANALYSIS; GAS COMPRESSIBILITY FACTORS;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 1142302945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77690-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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