Upscaling fracture networks for simulation of horizontal wells using a dual-porosity reservoir simulator

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 31-40

  Ding, Y ^a   Basquet, R ^a   Bourbiaux, B ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROSITY; SIMULATORS; TENSORS;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORKS (DFN); DUAL-POROSITY RESERVOIRS; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; WELL INDEX (WI);

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 22244461876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/92774-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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