Coarse scale models of two phase flow in heterogeneous reservoirs: volume averaged equations and their relationship to existing upscaling techniques

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-92

  Durlofsky, Louis J ^a,b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; OIL FIELD; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0032443593     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011593901771     Document Type: Article

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