Numerical simulation of thick, tight fluvial sands

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-381

  Iwere, Fabian O ^a   Moreno, Jaime E ^a   Apaydin, Osman G ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Formerly TGS Presently EOG Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS; SAND; VISCOSITY;

GAS FIELD; GEOCELLULAR MODEL; PSEUDOFLUID PROPERTIES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; GAS FIELD; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; SAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33748745858     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90630-pa     Document Type: Article

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