Numerical analysis of cleanup processes in German tight-gas formations with fractured wells

Erdoel Erdgas Kohle

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 133-136

  Friedel, Torsten ^a   Mtchedlishvili, George ^a   Behr, Aron ^a   Voigt, Hans Dieter ^a   Häfner, Frieder ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DAMAGE MECHANISMS; INFILTRATED FLUIDS; INPUT FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 4644310532     PISSN: 01793187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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