Simulating Flow in Heterogeneous Systems Using Streamtubes and Streamlines

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-12

  Thiele, M R ^a   Batycky, R P ^a   Blunt, M J ^a,b   Orr Jr , F M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STREAM FLOW;

LARGE SCALE RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENTS; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; SIMULATING FLOW; WATERFLOODING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030085448     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/27834-PA     Document Type: Article

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