Determination of parameters for matrix-fracture transfer functions from laboratory data

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Production Operations Symposium 2005, POS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Civan, F ^a   Rasmussen, M L ^b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FRACTURE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MATRIX-FRACTURE TRANSFER FUNCTION; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DEPRESSION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 85085852939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/94267-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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