Inflow performance relationships in geothermal and petroleum reservoir engineering: A review of the state of the art

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 635-650

  Aragón, Alfonso ^a,b   Moya, Sara L ^b   García Gutiérrez, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Deliverability test; Geothermal inflow performance relationships; Maximum flowrate; Output curve

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DELIVERABILITY TEST; GEOTHERMAL INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS; MAXIMUM FLOW RATES; MAXIMUM FLOWRATE; OUTPUT CURVE; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVE LIVES; PURE WATERS; STATE OF THE ARTS; TERNARY MIXTURES; WELL PRODUCTIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

FLOW FIELD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INFLOW; OIL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 57049154006     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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