A Simple Approach to Numerical Analysis of Complex Well Tests

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 1243-1255

  Al Thawad, Faisal M ^a   Issaka, M B ^a   Agyapong, Dominic ^b   Banerjee, Raj ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE MATCHING; WATER LOGGING;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 1842608623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/81514-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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