Quantifying nonuniform aquifer strength at individual wells

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Izgec, O ^a   Kabir, C S ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Chevron ETC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AQUIFER STRENGTH; CAPACITANCE RESISTANCES; FLUID WITHDRAWALS; OPERATING VARIABLES; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; ROCK PROPERTIES; WELL CHARACTERISTICS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK PROPERTY; WELL;

EID: 77952917763     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/120850-PA     Document Type: Article

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