A new method of well-test analysis in naturally fractured reservoirs based on elliptical flow

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 4660-4680

  Igbokoyi, Alpheus O ^a   Tiab, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELS; FLOW PATHS; FLUID FLOWS; HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE TESTS; LONG TIME SOLUTIONS; MATRIX PERMEABILITIES; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPIES; SMALL SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELL TESTS; WELL-TEST ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; FRACTURE; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RADIAL FLOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLIDS; TESTING; WELL TESTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 58849107709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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