Second derivative yields new insights to well test analyses

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 46-51

  Bahrami, Hassan ^a   Siavoshi, Jamal ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RADIAL FLOW; SKIN EFFECT; WELL PRESSURE;

PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TEST; WELL TEST ANALYSES; WELLBORE STORAGE;

OIL WELL TESTING;

WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 30444432076     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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