Single-well pressure testing solutions for naturally fractured reservoirs with arbitrary fracture connectivity

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1984-September, Issue , 1984, Pages

  Wijesinghe, Aanda M ^a   Culham, Wilmer E ^b  

^a Gulf R and D Co ^*  (United States)

^b Now with Sohio Petroleum Co ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE TESTING; GASOLINE; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WELL PRESSURE; WELL TESTING;

FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRACTURED FORMATIONS; INTERPOROSITY FLOW; MACROSCOPIC PERMEABILITY; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; WELL BORE STORAGE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85057211960     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/13055-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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