Upscaling, gridding, and simulating using streamtubes

SPE Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-323

  Portella, R C M ^a   Hewett, T A ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW;

STREAMTUBES;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 0034261411     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/65684-PA     Document Type: Article

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