Deconvolution of variable-rate reservoir-performance data using B-splines

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-595

  Ilk, Dilhan ^a   Valkó, Peter P ^a   Blasingame, Tom A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE; WELL TESTING;

DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHM; RESERVOIR-PERFORMANCE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ALGORITHMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL TESTING;

ALGORITHM; DECONVOLUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR;

EID: 33751085861     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95571-pa     Document Type: Article

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