Differential sensitivity analysis and multi-variant simulation of formation pressure and temperature in heterogeneous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 95-108

  Katz, Simon A ^a   Khilyuk, Leonid F ^b   Chilingar, George V ^c   Gurevich, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MultiSpectrum Technology   (United States)

^c Department of Civil Eng ^*  (United States)

^d STE 4   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; FORMATION PRESSURE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FORMATION PRESSURE; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030235867     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-4105(96)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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