A new simulation framework for predicting the onset and effects of fines mobilization

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-283

  Ju, Binshan ^a   Fan, Tailiang ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Qiu, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Fines migration; Mathematical model; Numerical simulator; Oil recovery; Permeability change; Water cut

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESEARCH; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

FINES MIGRATION;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESEARCH; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MOBILIZATION; OIL PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; RECOVERY METHOD; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34248140092     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9044-9     Document Type: Article

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