Development and field application of a high performance, unstructured simulator with parallel capability

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 225-234

  Shiralkar, G S ^a   Fleming, G C ^a   Watts, J W ^a   Wong, T W ^a   Coats, B K ^a   Mossbarger, R ^a   Robbana, E ^a   Batten, A H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; HYDROCARBONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PIPE; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SIMULATORS;

RESERVOIR GRIDS; SUBSEA FLOWLINES; SUBSURFACE MODEL; UNSTRUCTURED SIMULATORS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 22244459178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/93080-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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