A simple analytical model for predicting productivity of multifractured horizontal wells

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-885

  Guo, Boyun ^a   Yu, Xiance ^a   Khoshgahdam, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; FRACTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIAL FLOW;

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

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOREHOLE; FRACTURE ZONE; GAS WELL; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; OIL WELL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; RADIAL FLOW; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 76749140383     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/114452-PA     Document Type: Article

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