Application of a hybrid dual-porosity/dual-permeability representation of large-scale fractures to the simulation of a giant carbonate reservoir

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1255-1265

  Uba, Halilu M ^a   Chiffoleau, Yann ^b   Pham, Tony ^a   Divry, Vincent ^b   Kaabi, Abdulaziz ^a   Thuwaini, Jamil ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID SEGREGATION; FRACTURE PARAMETERS; INTERCONNECTED FRACTURES;

CAPILLARITY; CARBONATES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 34250804049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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