An alternative approach to modeling non-darcy flow for pressure transient analysis in porous and fractured reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DGS Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 63-83

  Al Otaibi, Ajab ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^b  

^a Educational Shuwaikh   (Kuwait)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL TESTING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; FINITE CONTROL-VOLUME METHOD; HIGH PRODUCTION RATE; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT DATA; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84992532446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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