Improving reserves estimates from decline-curve analysis of tight and multilayer gas wells

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 912-920

  Cheng, Yueming ^a   Lee, W John ^b   McVay, Duane A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GASES; MULTILAYERS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; TIGHT GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; LAYERED RESERVOIRS; MATCHING PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE LAYERS; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; SIMULATED DATASETS; TRANSIENT EFFECT;

PROVEN RESERVES;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

EID: 57349187854     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/108176-pa     Document Type: Article

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