Computer-aided well test analysis

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, MPE 1986

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 373-392

  Gringarten, A C ^a  

^a Scientific Software Intercomp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GASOLINE; OIL WELLS; WELL TESTING;

COMPUTER AIDED; COMPUTER USAGES; INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS; INTERPRETATION MODEL; OBSERVED DATA; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY; WELL-TEST ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896921426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/14099-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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