A general unstructured grid, EOS-based, fully-implicit thermal simulator for complex reservoir processes

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 153-158

  Liu, K ^a   Subramanian, G ^a   Dratler, D I ^b   Lebel, J P ^c   Yerian, J A ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b ExxonMobil Global Services Co

^c Imperial Oil Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAT SINKS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; SIMULATORS;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION; MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATIONS; THERMAL SIMULATORS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248996232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/106073-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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