Grid system requirements in numerical modeling of pressure-transient tests in horizontal wells

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 611-622

  Al Mohannadi, N ^a   Ozkan, E ^a   Kazemi, H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY;

BLOCK PRESSURE; GRID SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTS; TRANSIENT NUMERICAL WELL INDEX (TNWI);

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22344450258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/92041-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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