Development of a FEM reservoir model equipped with an effective permeability tensor and its application to naturally fractured reservoirs

Energy Sources

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-542

  Park, Y C ^a   Sung, W M ^a   Kim, S J ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Naturally fractured reservoir; Permeability tensor; Transient FEM model; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSORS;

FRACTURED RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0036606289     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310290086545     Document Type: Article

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