Development of FEM Reservoir Model Equipped with Effective Permeability Tensor and Its Application to Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Proceedings of the International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China, IOGCEC

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1029-1036

  Park, Y C ^a   Sung, W M ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SANDS; POROSITY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; WELL PRESSURE;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK (DFN); GAS-WATER FLOW; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1242287990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/64793-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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