A Coupled Reservoir and Geomechanical Simulation System

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-226

  Settari, Antonin ^a,b   Mourits, Frank M ^c  

^a Simtech Consulting Services Ltd   (Canada)

^b Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GEOMECHANICS; RESERVOIR SIMULATORS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0032167142     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/50939-PA     Document Type: Article

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