Transient Pressure Behavior of Reservoirs with Discrete Conductive Faults and Fractures

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-268

  Biryukov, Denis ^a   Kuchuk, Fikri J ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Discretely faulted reservoirs; Discretely fractured reservoirs; Pressure diffusion in fractured porous media; Pressure transient well testing; Uniform pressure boundary condition

Indexed keywords

DUAL-POROSITY RESERVOIRS; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; INFINITE RESERVOIRS; INFINITE-CONDUCTIVITY FRACTURE; MESHFREE; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; OIL AND GAS MIGRATION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; RESERVOIR BOUNDARY; RESERVOIR POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SOLUTION METHODOLOGY; TRANSIENT PRESSURES;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; WELL TESTING;

FRACTURE;

DIFFUSION; DUAL POROSITY; FAULT; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATRIX; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 84865449929     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-0041-x     Document Type: Article

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