Concept of geometric factor and its practical application to estimate horizontal and vertical permeabilities

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 698-707

  Sheng, James J ^a,b,c   Georgi, Daniel T ^a   Burge, James ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c SPEREE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW PATTERNS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE;

FORMATION RATE ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL PERMEABILITY; VERTICAL PERMEABILITY; WELLBORE;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW PATTERNS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRESSURE;

FLOW PATTERN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 33846396219     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90226-pa     Document Type: Article

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