A capacitance model to infer interwell connectivity from production- and injection-rate fluctuations

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 630-646

  Yousef, Ali A ^a   Gentil, Pablo ^a   Jensen, Jerry L ^b   Lake, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

INJECTION-RATE FLUCTUATIONS; INTERWELL CONNECTIVITY; PRODUCTION FLUCTUATIONS;

OIL WELLS;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FLUID INJECTION; MODEL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WELL;

EID: 33846369565     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95322-PA     Document Type: Article

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