Advances of interwell tracer analysis in the petroleum industry

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 12-15

  Guan, L ^a,b   Du, Y ^a   Johnson, S G ^a   Choudhary, M K ^a  

^a Chevrontexaco   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESIDUAL FUELS;

HYDROLOGY INDUSTRY; INTERWELL TRACER ANALYSIS; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL) TESTS; TRACER MODELING;

OIL WELL TESTING;

EID: 20444431962     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/05-05-tn2     Document Type: Review

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