Transient pressure analysis of gas wells in unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 798-810

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Wang, Cong ^a   Ding, Didier ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b SPE IFPEN ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOW OF GASES; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RESOURCE VALUATION; WELL TESTING;

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; KLINKENBERG EFFECTS; PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES; TRANSIENT PRESSURE ANALYSIS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES; WELL TESTING ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 84906547001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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