Development of a local grid-refinement technique for accurate representation of cavity-completed wells in reservoir simulators

SPE Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Göktaş, Bariş ^a   Ertekin, Turgay ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0039844729     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/54403-PA     Document Type: Article

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