Effect of scaleup and aggregation on the use of well tests to identify geological properties

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-254

  Thomas, Olubusola O ^a   Raghavan, Rajagopal ^b   Dixon, Thomas N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELIABILITY; WELL TESTING;

GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE TRANSIENTS; WELL TESTS; WELLBORE;

OIL WELLS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL TESTING;

EID: 21444436516     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77452-PA     Document Type: Article

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