Numerical simulation of multi-phase fluid flow in structurally complex reservoirs

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 292, Issue , 2007, Pages 405-429

  Matthai S K ^a   Geiger, S ^b,e   Roberts, S G ^c   Paluszny, A ^a   Belayneh, M ^a   Burri, A ^d   Mezentsev, A ^a   Lu, H ^a   Coumou, D ^d   Driesner, T ^d   Heinrich, C A ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Edinburgh Collaborative on Subsurface Science and Engineering (ECOSSE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 38349119986     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP292.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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