A quadrilateral element-based finite-volume formulation for the simulation of complex reservoirs

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 768-777

  Hurtado, F S V ^a   Maliska, C R ^a   Da Silva, A F C ^a   Cordazzo, J ^a  

^a Federal U of Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR SIMULATION; VERTEX-CENTERED FASHION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 34547860047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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