Developing a tool for 3D reservoir simulation of hydraulically fractured wells

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Shaoul, Josef R ^a   Behr, Aron ^b   Mtchedlishvili, George ^b,c  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURES; HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED WELLS; MULTILAYERED RESERVOIRS; THREE DIMENSIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33947278767     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/108321-pa     Document Type: Article

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