A well test for in-situ determination of relative permeability curves

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-107

  Chen, Shi ^a,b   Li, Gaoming ^a   Peres, Alvaro ^c   Reynolds, A C ^a  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

B-SPLINES; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; POWER-LAW MODELS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SKIN FACTOR;

OIL WELL TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL TESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ALGORITHM; BUBBLE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POWER LAW; PRESSURE EFFECT; TWO PHASE FLOW; WELL TESTING;

EID: 41349113831     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96414-pa     Document Type: Article

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