Qualitative well placement and drainage volume calculations based on diffusive time of flight

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 178-188

  Hosseini, Seyyed Abolfazl ^a   Kang, Suksang ^b   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusive time of flight; Drainage volume; Streamline; Well placement

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX WELL; DIFFUSIVITY EQUATION; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ESTIMATED ULTIMATE RECOVERIES; FIELD APPLICATION; FUNCTION OF TIME; GAS FIELDS; GAS RESERVOIR; HIGH-FREQUENCY ASYMPTOTICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INFILL WELLS; OIL RESERVOIRS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMAL WELL PLACEMENT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRESSURE MAPS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESERVOIR QUALITY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STREAMLINE; SWEPT VOLUME; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; TIME OF FLIGHT; VELOCITY FIELD; VOLUME CALCULATION; WELL PLACEMENT;

FLOW SIMULATION; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITION CONTROL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS FIELD; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; OIL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

EID: 78649736851     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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