A well test for in-situ determination of relative permeability curves

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2789-2804

  Chen, S ^a   Li, G ^b   Peres, A ^a   Reynolds, A C ^b  

^a SPE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONFINED FLOW; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER INJECTION;

IN SITU ESTIMATION; LEVENBERG MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; SANDFACE MOBILITY;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 33644789813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/96414-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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