Fast estimation of performance parameters in fractured reservoirs using percolation theory

67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts

Volumn 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005: The Challenge of Discovery. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1049-1060

  Masihi, M ^a   King, P R ^a   Nurafza, P R ^a  

^a SPE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CLASSIC PERCOLATION; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PERCOLATION THEORY;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 33645126709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/94186-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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