Well test analysis in lean gas condensate reservoirs: Theory and practice

SPE Russian Oil and Gas Technical Conference and Exhibition 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 60-76

  Gringarten, A C ^a   Bozorgzadeh, M ^a   Daungkaew, S ^a,b   Hashemi, A ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c NIOC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; MOBILITY ZONES; WELLBORE;

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 33846554258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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