Well testing of tight gas reservoirs

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Jahanbani, A ^a   Aguilera, R ^b  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FRACTURE TESTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; TIGHT GAS;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; DUAL-POROSITY RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS; FRACTURE HALF-LENGTH; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY; WELL BORE STORAGE;

WELL TESTING;

EID: 70350763783     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/130066-pa     Document Type: Article

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