Using drillstem and production tests to model reservoir relative permeabilities

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1082-1088

  Matthews, John D ^a   Carter, Jonathan N ^a   Zimmerman, Robert W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

'DRY' [; EFFECTIVE RESERVOIR; MANAGEMENT IS; OIL-PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION TEST; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION MODEL; WATER CUTS; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER SATURATIONS;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

HYDROCARBON RESERVE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 59649094614     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/107209-PA     Document Type: Article

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