Sequentially adapted flow-based PEBI grids for reservoir simulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-327

  Mlacnik, Martin J ^a,b,c   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a   Heinemann, Zoltan E ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPEREE   (United States)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

GRID OPTIMIZATION; PERPENDICULAR-BISECTIONAL GRID; SEQUENTIAL GENERATION; STREAMLINE-ISOPOTENTIAL GRID; UPSCALING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33749646477     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90009-PA     Document Type: Article

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