Simulation studies of waterflood performance with horizontal wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, OGR 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 529-534

  Ferreira, H ^a   Mamora, D D ^b   Startzman, R A ^b  

^a Petresim Integrated Technologies   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

PERMEABILITY RATIO; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR THICKNESS; SIMULATION STUDIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL WELLS; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES; VERTICAL WELL SYSTEMS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84888915125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/35208-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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