Determination of parameters for matrix-fracture transfer functions from laboratory data

SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 365-390

  Clvan, F ^a   Rasmussen, M L ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID EXCHANGE; GAS PRODUCTION; MATRIX BLOCKS; PRESSURE DEPRESSION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LINEARIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SKIN EFFECT;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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