A robust type curve solution for analyzing pressure-transient behaviors of both vertical and horizontal fracture systems

Society Petroleum Engineers - Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition 2006, NAICE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ogunsanya, B O ^a   Oetama, T P ^a   Lea, J F ^a   Heinze, L R ^a   Adisoemarta, P S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RADIAL FLOW; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; LOG-LOG PLOTS; LOWER BOUNDARY; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; TRANSIENT STATE BEHAVIOR; TRANSITION PERIOD; VERTICAL FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85085408654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/105979-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Ogunsanya, B.O.: A Physically Consistent Solution for Describing the Transient Response of Hydraulic Fracture Systems, and Horizontal Wells, PhD dissertation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, (ongoing).