A simple and accurate mathematical model for predicting productivity of multifractured horizontal wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Gas Technology Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 170-177

  Guo, Boyun ^a   Yu, Xiance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ENGINEERS; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIAL FLOW;

DOMINATING FACTORS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LOW PERMEABILITY OIL; MULTI-FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RESERVOIR ENGINEERS; WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 70449108044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/114452-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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