Practical solutions for pressure transient responses of fractured horizontal wells in unconventional reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 4271-4288

  Brown, M ^a   Ozkan, E ^b   Raghavan, R ^c   Kazemi, H ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTS; PRODUCTION BEHAVIORS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78349234645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125043-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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