Effect of scaleup and aggregation on the analysis of interference tests

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 392-398

  Raghavan, Rajagopal ^a,b,c,d,e   Roesler, Ralph R ^f   Tureyen, O Inanc ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^f Southwestern Energy Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PORE PRESSURE; RELIABILITY;

FINE SCALE HETEROGENIETIES; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PORE VOLUME; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; SCALEUP;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AGGREGATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESERVOIR;

EID: 12244293843     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84291-PA     Document Type: Article

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