An analytical model for production decline-curve analysis in naturally fractured reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Li, Kewen ^a,b   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yangtze U   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLUID MECHANICS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCTION; WELL FLOODING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DECLINE-CURVE ANALYSIS; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; OIL-PRODUCTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 21444443672     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/83470-pa     Document Type: Article

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