Decline curve analysis for naturally fractured gas reservoirs: A study on the applicability of "pseudo-time" and "material balance pseudo-time"

International Petroleum Technology Conference 2007, IPTC 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 509-520

  Gerami, Shahab ^a   Pooladi Darvish, Mehran ^a   Hong, Huifang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE TIME; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONSTANT RATE; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; DOUBLE POROSITY; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FRACTURED GAS RESERVOIRS; GAS FLOWS; GAS PROPERTIES; GAS RESERVOIR; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MATERIAL BALANCE; MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION; MATRIX; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRODUCTION DATA; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; TIME FUNCTION; TYPE CURVE MATCHING; VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITION;

FLOW OF GASES; FRACTURE; LINEARIZATION; MATERIALS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROSITY;

GASES;

EID: 70450042740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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