Integrated Reservoir Simulation Studies to Optimize Recovery from a Carbonate Reservoir

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 16-29

  Gharbi, Ridha B C ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LITHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CEMENTATION FACTOR; SWEEP EFFICIENCY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0345789978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/80437-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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