Two-phase correlation for multilateral well deliverability

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1101-1111

  Kamkom, R ^a   Zhu, D ^a  

^a Poultry Science Department Texas AandM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS (IPR); MULTILATERAL WELL DELIVERABILITY; VOGEL'S EQUATION;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 33644807295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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