Theory and application of pressure and rate transient analysis in unconventional reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 999-1018

  Torcuk, Mehmet A ^a   Fakcharoenphol, Perapon ^a   Kazemi, Hossein ^a   Kurtoglu, Basak ^b  

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

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

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