Use of pressure- and rate-transient techniques for analyzing core permeability tests for unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Americas Unconventional Resources Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 153-174

  Clarkson, C R ^a   Nobakht, M ^a   Kaviani, D ^a   Kantzas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; RESOURCE VALUATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; BOUNDARY DOMINATED FLOW; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT TECHNIQUES; ULTRA LOW PERMEABILITY; ULTRA-LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84866047849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154815-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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