Numerical simulation of water injection into layered fractured carbonate reservoir analogs

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1473-1493

  Belayneh, Mandefro ^a   Geiger, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Matthäi, Stephan K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION;

FLUID-PRESSURE-DRIVEN DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIR; WATER FLOODING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CARBONATE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SATURATED MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750349168     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05090605153     Document Type: Article

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