Semianalytical model for reservoirs with Forchheimer's non-Darcy flow

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-291

  Zeng, Fanhua ^a   Zhao, Gang ^b  

^a SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PRESSURE;

FORCHHEIMER NUMBER; NON-DARCY FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOREHOLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIAL FLOW;

EID: 44649179259     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/100540-pa     Document Type: Article

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