Effective transmissibilities of a gridblock by upscaling - Comparison of direct methods with renormalization

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-349

  Peaceman, Donald W ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Landmark Graphics Corp   (United States)

^b Exxon Production Research Co ^*  (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FINITE SCALE PERMEABILITY DATA; GRIDBLOCKS; RENORMALIZATION;

OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

EID: 0031233887     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36722-PA     Document Type: Review

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