Heterogeneity modeling and geopseudo upscaling applied to waterflood performance prediction of an incised valley reservoir: Countess YY pool, Southern Alberta, Canada

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2220-2245

  Peijs Van Hilten, Madeleine ^a,b   Good, Timothy R ^c   Zaitlin, Brian A ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^c MOBIL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY MODELING; INCISED VALLEY RESERVOIR; UPSCALING; WATERFLOOD PERFORMANCE PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE ANALYSIS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCISED VALLEY; MODELING; RESERVOIR FLOODING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032438961     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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