The characteristic flow behavior of low-permeability reservoir systems

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Unconventional Reservoirs Conference 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 148-178

  Blasingame, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOW OF GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; WELL STIMULATION;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; SINGLE PHASE GAS FLOWS; ULTRA-LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 52049093948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114168-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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