Streamline simulation of countercurrent water-oil and gas-oil flow in naturally fractured dual-porosity reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 395-408

  Moreno, Jaime ^a   Kazemi, H ^b   Gilman, J R ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c iReservoircom ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POROSITY; STREAM FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DUAL-POROSITY RESERVOIRS; GRAVITY POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; PERMEABILITY; VELOCITY FIELD;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044445820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89880-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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