Pressure transient analysis for wells with horizontal drainholes

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE California Regional Meeting, CRM 1986

Volumn , Issue , 1986, Pages 215-230

  Clonts, M D ^a   Ramey, H J ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RADIAL FLOW; WELL TESTING;

ANISOTROPIC RESERVOIRS; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; PRESSURE RESPONSE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; WELL-TEST ANALYSIS;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 85054565072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/15116-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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