A rigorous pore-to-field-scale simulation methodology for single-phase flow based on continuous time random walks

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 410-417

  Rhodes, Matthew E ^a   Bijeljic, Branko ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SINGE PHASE FLOW; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

EID: 34248996889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/106434-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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