Using distributed volumetric sources to predict production from multiple-fractured horizontal wells under non-darcy-flow conditions

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-115

  Amini, Shahram ^a,b   Valkó, Peter P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TIGHT GAS;

COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; PRODUCTION BEHAVIORS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77950658832     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/120110-PA     Document Type: Article

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