New analytical pressure-transient models to detect and characterize reservoirs with multiple fracture systems

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 585-597

  Dreier, Jürgen ^a   Ozkan, Erdal ^a   Kazemi, Hossein ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORKS (DFN); MULTIPLE FRACTURE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT MODELS; SINGLE-MATRIX SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22344434723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/92039-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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