Modeling coupled fracture-matrix fluid flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-308

  Philip, Zeno G ^a,c   Jennings Jr , James W ^b   Olson, Jon E ^a   Laubach, Stephen E ^b   Holder, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COUPLED FRACTURE-MATRIX FLUID FLOW; FLUID FLOW SIMULATION; FRACTURE NETWORKS;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 24344471813     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77340-pa     Document Type: Article

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