A new multipoint flux approximation for reservoir simulation

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 453-461

  Chen, Qian Yong ^a   Wan, Jing ^b   Yang, Yahan ^b   Mifflin, Rick T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETIZATION PROBLEMS; MULTI POINT FLUX APPROXIMATIONS (MPFA); PRESSURE EQUATIONS; RESERVOIR GRIDS; RESERVOIR MODELS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL FIELDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34249071952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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