Gas Well Decline Analysis under Constant-Pressure Conditions, Wellbore Storage, Damage, and Non-Darcy Flow Effects

SPE Proceedings - Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 211-220

  Nashawi, Ibrahim Sami ^a   Qasem, Fuad H ^a   Gharbi, Ridha ^a   Mir, Mohammad I ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); GAS PIPING SYSTEMS; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DROP;

FLOW COEFFICIENT; NON DARCY FLOW; WELLBORE STORAGE;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

EID: 1642418950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/75526-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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