Analytical solution for constant pressure production from hydrate-capped gas reservoir

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2009, CIPC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tabatabaie, S H ^a   Pooladi Darvish, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; GASOLINE; HYDRATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROVEN RESERVES;

CONSTANT BOTTOM-HOLE PRESSURES; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONSTANT RATE PRODUCTION; MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 85085408571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2009-189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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