Upscaled modeling of well singularity for simulating flow in heterogeneous formations

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-45

  Chen, Yuguang ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Hui ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Permeability; Reservoir simulation; Singularity; Subsurface flow; Upscaling; Well index; Well model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPSCALING;

EID: 39649096262     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-007-9059-5     Document Type: Article

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