A semianalytical approach to model pressure transients in heterogeneous reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-358

  Medeiros Jr , F ^a   Ozkan, E ^a   Kazemi, H ^a  

^a SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; AVERAGING EFFECT; DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESERVOIRS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; NATURAL FRACTURE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; SEMI-ANALYTICAL APPROACHES;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RESERVOIR; WELL;

EID: 77952903326     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/102834-PA     Document Type: Article

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