Upscaled models of flow and transport in faulted sandstone: Boundary condition effects and explicit fracture modelling

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Flodin, Eric A ^a   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a,b   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Faults; Fractures; Permeability; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; SANDSTONE;

EID: 2542427740     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-587     Document Type: Article

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