Modeling flow in geometrically complex reservoirs using hexahedral multiblock grids

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-157

  Jenny, Patrick ^a   Wolfsteiner, Christian ^a   Lee, Seong H ^a   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GEOMETRICALLY COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; HEXAHEDRAL MULTIBLOCK GRIDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0036613031     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/78673-PA     Document Type: Article

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