Modeling fractured reservoirs with stochastic fractals

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, ADIPEC 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 352-367

  Olarewaju, Joseph ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WELL TESTING;

CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT DATA; PRESSURE-TRANSIENT TESTS; RESERVOIR DESCRIPTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 85055257818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/36207-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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