Near-well upscaling for reservoir simulations

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-165

  Ding, D Y ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY;

COARSE GRID SIMULATION; CORNER-POINT GEOMETRY (CPG); HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 3543149534     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2004012     Document Type: Article

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