The use of conventional decline curve analysis in tight gas well applications

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DOE Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs Symposium, LPG 1985

Volumn , Issue , 1985, Pages

  Maley, S ^a  

^a Cotton Petroleum Corp ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; TIGHT GAS;

DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS; DECLINE CURVES; GAS WELL PERFORMANCE; SQUARE ROOTS; TYPE CURVES;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 85057414503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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