Application of after-closure analysis to a dual-porosity formation, to cbm, and to a fractured horizontal well

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-483

  Soliman, M Y ^a   Miranda, Carlos ^b   Wang, Hong Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c Sharp Rock Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; POROSITY;

AFTER-CLOSURE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; NATURALLY-FRACTURED FORMATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; RESIDUAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FRACTURE;

DUAL POROSITY; FRACTURE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL WELL; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650087709     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/124135-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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