A numerical solution to two-parameter representation of production decline curve analysis

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Petroleum Industry Application of Microcomputers, PIAM 1987

Volumn , Issue , 1987, Pages 207-216

  Agbi, B ^a   Ng, M C ^a  

^a MICROSIM Petroleum Software Corp ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROCOMPUTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; DECLINE CURVES; GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PRODUCTION DECLINES; PRODUCTION RATES;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 78649964462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/16505-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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