Analyzing production data from tight-oil wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1162-1175

  Kabir, C S ^a   Rasdi, F ^a   Igboalisi, B ^a  

^a Hess Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM PRODUCTION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; PERFORMANCE FORECASTING; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 79952936237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137414-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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