Pressure behaviours and flow regimes of a horizontal well with multiple inclined hydraulic fractures

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 207-241

  Rbeawi, Salam Al ^a   Tiab, Djebbar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal wells; Hydraulic fractures; Mathematical modelling; Reservoir characterisation; Reservoir simulation; Transient pressure analysis; Well test analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATLAB; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; WELL TESTING;

ANISOTROPIC FORMATIONS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; TRANSIENT PRESSURE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WELL-TEST ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 84870848503     PISSN: 17533309     EISSN: 17533317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2013.050772     Document Type: Article

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