SPE Journal
Volume 11, Number 1, March 2006

An Improved Implementation of the LBFGS Algorithm for Automatic History Matching

Guohua Gao, SPE, Chevron Corp.; Albert C. Reynolds, SPE, U. of Tulsapp. 5-17Preview | PDF ( 1,493 KB )    Rights & Permission

Compositional Modeling by the Combined Discontinuous Galerkin and Mixed Methods

H. Hoteit and A. Firoozabadi, Reservoir Engineering Research Inst. (RERI)pp. 19-34Preview | PDF ( 2,074 KB )    Rights & Permission

Practical Considerations for Pressure-Rate Deconvolution of Well-Test Data

Michael M. Levitan, SPE, BP plc; Gary E. Crawford, SPE, WTS; and Andrew Hardwick, SPE, BP plcpp. 35-47Preview | PDF ( 1,316 KB )    Rights & Permission

A New Method for Measuring Solvent Diffusivity in Heavy Oil by Dynamic Pendant Drop Shape Analysis (DPDSA)

Chaodong Yang, SPE, and Yongan Gu, SPE, U. of Reginapp. 48-57Preview | PDF ( 914 KB )    Rights & Permission

An Investigation of the Effect of Oil Composition on Heavy-Oil Solution Gas Drive

G.-Q. Tang, SPE, T. Leung, SPE, and L.M. Castanier, SPE, Stanford U.; A. Sahni, SPE, F. Gadelle, SPE, and M. Kumar, SPE, Chevron Corp. E&P Technology Co.; and A.R. Kovscek, SPE, Stanford U.pp. 58-70Preview | PDF ( 2,138 KB )    Rights & Permission

Determination of Gas-Diffusion and Interface-Mass-Transfer Coefficients for Quiescent Reservoir Liquids

Faruk Civan, SPE, and Maurice L. Rasmussen, U. of Oklahomapp. 71-79Preview | PDF ( 254 KB )    Rights & Permission

Single-Phase Model for Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) Head Performance

Datong Sun and Mauricio Prado, SPE, U. of Tulsapp. 80-88Preview | PDF ( 984 KB )    Rights & Permission

Comparisons of Uncoupled and Various Coupling Techniques for Practical Field Examples

P. Samier, A. Onaisi, and G. Fontaine, Total SA89-102Preview | PDF ( 3,723 KB )    Rights & Permission

Measurement of Total Alkalinity and Carboxylic Acid and Their Relation to Scaling and Corrosion

Mason B. Tomson, SPE, Amy T. Kan, SPE, Gongmin Fu, and Lili Cong, Rice U.pp. 103-110Preview | PDF ( 1,031 KB )    Rights & Permission

Controls of Coal Fabric on Coalbed Gas Production and Compositional Shift in Both Field Production and Canister Desorption Tests

Xiaojun Cui and R. Marc Bustin, U. of British Columbiapp. 111-119Preview | PDF ( 740 KB )    Rights & Permission

Stabilized Productivity of a Hydraulically Fractured Well Producing at Constant Pressure

Jacques Hagoort, Hagoort & Assocs. B.V.pp. 120-131Preview | PDF ( 718 KB )    Rights & Permission

A Comparison of Techniques for Coupling Porous Flow and Geomechanics

R.H. Dean, SPE, Simwulf Systems; X. Gai, U. of Texas at Austin; C.M. Stone, Sandia Natl. Laboratories; and S.E. Minkoff, U. of Maryland, Baltimore Countypp. 132-140Preview | PDF ( 608 KB )    Rights & Permission