Analytical and numerical solutions for multiple-matrix in fractured reservoirs: Application to conventional and unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE USA Unconventional Resources Conference 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-92

  Torcuk, Mehmet A ^a   Kurtoglu, Basak ^b   Alharthy, Najeeb ^a   Kazemi, Hossein ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84881087316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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