Challenges and solutions in global-flow-based scaleup of permeability: Isolated flow bodies

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 180-186

  Stone, Matthew T ^a   Wu, Xiao Hui ^a   Parashkevov, Rossen R ^a   Lyons, Stephen L ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL UPSCALING; ISOLATED FLOW BODIES; LOCAL UPSCALING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FLOW FIELDS;

EID: 34249104827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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