Representation of Fault Zone Permeability in Reservoir Flow Models

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2513-2522

  Flodin, E A ^a   Aydin, A ^a   Durlofsky, L J ^a,b   Yeten, B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRODUCTION; ROCK MECHANICS; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER INJECTION;

FAULT ZONE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR FLOW MODELS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142290644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71617-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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