A new practical method for upscaling in highly heterogeneous reservoir models

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-76

  Zhang, Pinggang ^a   Pickup, Gillian ^b   Christie, Mike ^b  

^a Heriot Watt University ^*

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

FLOW PATH; RESERVOIR MODEL; SYNTHETIC MODEL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 42549118520     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/103760-PA     Document Type: Article

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