Application of linear flow analysis to shale gas wells - Field cases

SPE Unconventional Gas Conference 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 38-48

  Al Ahmadi, Hasan A ^a   Almarzooq, Anas M ^a   Wattenbarger, R A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PROCEDURE; DUAL POROSITY; EARLY LIFE; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GAS WELL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; LINEAR FLOWS; LIQUID LOADING; MATRIX; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MODIFIED EQUATION; NUMERICAL VALUES; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION RATES; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; ROCK MATRIX; SHALE GAS; TRANSIENT FLOW; TYPE CURVES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHALE; SKIN EFFECT; WELL STIMULATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 77954234356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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