An adaptive multiphase multiscale finite volume simulator for heterogeneous reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 493-502

  Tchelepi, H A ^a   Jenny, P ^b   Lee, S H ^c   Wolfsteiner, C ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS;

COARSE GRID PRESSURE; MULTISCALE FINITE VOLUME (MSFV) METHOD; RESERVOIR MODELS; RESERVOIR PROPERTIES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22244432556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93395-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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