Transient pressure test interpretation for continuously and discretely fractured reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 692-726

  Kuchuk, Fikri ^a   Biryukov, Denis ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON FEATURES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; DUAL-POROSITY RESERVOIRS; FLOW REGIMES; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; INFINITE-CONDUCTIVITY FRACTURE; INTERPOROSITY FLOW COEFFICIENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NEW SOLUTIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SKIN FACTORS; STORATIVITY; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; WELL TEST; WELL TEST INTERPRETATION;

EXHIBITIONS; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; WELL TESTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84874042812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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