Dynamic flow-based PEBI grids for reservoir simulation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 939-950

  Mlacnik, M J ^a   Durlofsky, L J ^a,b   Heinemann, Z E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; WELLS;

COARSENING; GRID SYSTEMS; GRIDDING; STREAMLINES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044442696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90009-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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