Determination of Fracture Orientation by Multi-Well Interference Testing

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 999-1009

  Cherifi, Mohamed ^a   Tiab, Djebbar ^b   Escobar, Freddy H ^c  

^a SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SURCOLOMBIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE DROP;

FRACTURE ORIENTATION; PRESSURE RESPONSE;

OIL WELL TESTING;

EID: 1642480867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77949-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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