Determination of Arps' decline exponent from gas reservoir properties, and the efficacy of Arps' equation in forecasting single-layer, single-phase gas well decline

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3427-3452

  Voelker, Joe ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARPS' EQUATION; BOUNDARY RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; CONSTANT PRESSURE; GAS WELL DECLINE;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044441188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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