Parallel Reservoir Simulation Utilizing PC-Clusters in Massive Reservoir Simulation Models

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 351-362

  Habiballah, W A ^a   Hayder, M E ^a   Khan, M S ^a   Issa, K M ^a   Zahrani, S H ^a   Shaikh, R A ^a   Uwaiyedh, A H ^a   Tyraskis, T P ^a   Baddourah, M A ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INVESTMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION (DD); SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA (SIMD);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142289518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84065-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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