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

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-676

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

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHALE;

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

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALE; WELL TECHNOLOGY; WELL TESTING;

EID: 84863398447     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/125043-PA     Document Type: Article

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