Numerical simulation of three-phase flow in deforming fractured reservoirs

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 499-514

  Lewis, R W ^a   Pao, W K S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ROCKS;

ROCK DEFORMATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0036766198     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2002033     Document Type: Article

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