Horizontal well pressure transient analysis in anisotropic composite reservoirs-A three dimensional semi-analytical approach

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-139

  Ezulike, Obinna ^a,b   Igbokoyi, Alpheus ^a,c  

^a AFRICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic composite clastic reservoir; Horizontal well source; Producer drawdown testing; Three dimensional semi analytical; Tiab's direct synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SOURCE SEPARATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

CLASTIC RESERVOIRS; FINITE-CONDUCTIVITY FRACTURES; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SEMI-ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; TIAB'S DIRECT SYNTHESIS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANISOTROPY; DISCONTINUITY; DRAWDOWN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL WELL; PERMEABILITY; POINT SOURCE; ROCK MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84868324192     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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