Unstructured upgridding and transmissibility upscaling for preferential flow paths in 3D fractured reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 462-472

  Vitel, S ^a   Souche, L ^a  

^a SPE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

DATA SETS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR; FLOW SIMULATORS; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34249107991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/106483-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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