Design criteria for improved performance of fractured wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 1st International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico 2006, IOCEM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 661-670

  Poe, B D ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

BOUNDARY DOMINATED FLOW; DESIGN CRITERIA; DIMENSIONLESS PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; FRACTURE STIMULATION; GRAPHICAL DESIGNS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RIGOROUS MODEL; SHAPE FACTOR;

FRACTURE;

EID: 33846507952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/104015-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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