Macroscopic modeling of double-porosity reservoirs

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 187-202

  Royer, P ^a   Auriault, J L ^a   Boutin, C ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Double porosity; Fractured reservoir; Interporosity flow; Physical model

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE;

COUPLING EFFECTS; DOUBLE POROSITY RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; HOMOGENIZATION METHODS; INTERPOROSITY FLOW; PSEUDO STEADY STATE PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT EXCITATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DOUBLE POROSITY; DUAL POROSITY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR MODELLING;

EID: 0030400530     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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