Production decline and numerical simulation model analysis of the eagle ford shale oil play

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 11-40

  Agboada, Dieudonne K ^a   Ahmadi, Mohabbat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION; DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL; LONG HORIZONTAL WELLS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PREDICTION MECHANISMS; STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUMES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORECASTING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHALE OIL; TRANSITION FLOW; WATER INJECTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84881391510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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