Implementation of a flux-continuous finite-difference method for stratigraphic, hexahedron grids

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-277

  Lee, Seong H ^a   Tchelepi, Hamdi A ^a   Jenny, Patrick ^a   DeChant, Larry J ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLOW SIMULATION; FLUX CONTINUOUS OPERATORS; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES; TENSOR PERMEABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0036744722     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/80117-PA     Document Type: Article

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