Boundary element techniques in petroleum reservoir simulation

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 353-366

  Pecher, R ^a   Stanislav, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Integral equations; Pressure transient analysis; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR SIMULATION; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS; RESERVOIRS; SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

EID: 0031141998     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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