Methodology for horizontal well pattern design in anisotropic oil reservoirs

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 619-624

  LIU, Yue tian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

fractured reservoir; horizontal well network; numerical simulation; reservoir engineering; well spacing method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LIQUIDS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WELL SPACING;

ANISOTROPIC; ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITIES; CONSISTENT; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPIES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL SECTIONS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; LATERAL WELLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL RESERVOIRS; PRACTICAL; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; PRINCIPAL PERMEABILITIES; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENTS; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR ENGINEERINGS; RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; THEORETICAL ANALYSES; WELL PATTERNS;

WELL FLOODING;

EID: 54049090026     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(09)60094-X     Document Type: Article

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