Thermal effects on gas well pressure buildup tests: Field application

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting 1999, RMR 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Fan, L ^a   Lee, W J ^a   Spivey, J P ^b  

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

^b S A Holditch and Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENGINEERS; GASES; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WELL PRESSURE; WELL TESTING;

APPROXIMATE TEST; FIELD APPLICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS; PRESSURE BUILD UP; SURROUNDING FORMATIONS; TRANSIENT PERIODS; WELL-TEST ANALYSIS; WELLBORE EFFECTS;

NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85088405979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/55645-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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