Production-data analysis-challenges, pitfalls, diagnostics

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-552

  Ilk, D ^a   Anderson, D M ^a   Stotts, G W J ^a   Mattar, L ^a   Blasingame, T A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

BOUNDARY DOMINATED FLOW; FINITE-CONDUCTIVITY FRACTURES; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT DATA; PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 77955369718     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/102048-PA     Document Type: Article

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