Characterizing and simulating the non-stationariness and non-linearity in unconventional oil reservoirs: Bakken application

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-58

  Chu, L ^a   Ye, P ^a   Harmawan, I ^a   Du, L ^a   Shepard, L ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FORECASTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; RESOURCE VALUATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BUBBLE POINT PRESSURE; FRACTURE STIMULATION; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PRESSURE-VOLUME-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84875646811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161137-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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