Multi-stage upscaling: Selection of suitable methods

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 191-216

  Pickup, Gillian E ^a   Stephen, K D ^a   Ma, J ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Clark, J D ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance of forces; Permeability heterogeneity; Permeability upscaling

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; VISCOUS FLOW;

FULL-FIELD MODELS; LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-STAGE UPSCALING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; SCALING;

FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 13844307334     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-004-5501-5     Document Type: Article

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