Advances in after closure analysis for naturally fractured reservoirs

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 414-424

  Uribe, O ^a   Tiab, U ^b   Restrepo, D ^c   Chipperfield, S ^d  

^a Scandpower P T ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SPE

^d Santos Aquarium   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR TRANSMISSIBILITY;

CALIBRATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIAL FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34547857445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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