Application of Decline Curve Analysis in Gas Reservoirs Using a Newly Developed Fitting Equation

SPE Proceedings - Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 249-259

  Zelghi, Ferhat ^a   Tiab, Djebbar ^b   Mazighi, Mohamed ^a  

^a SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA REDUCTION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; FLOW EQUATIONS; TRANSIENT FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1642418943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/75532-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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