Upscaling discrete fracture characterizations to dual-porosity, dual-permeability models for efficient simulations of flow with strong gravitational effects

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Gong, Bin ^a   Karimi Fard, Mohammad ^b   Durlofsky, Louis J ^b  

^a Chevron Energy Technology Company

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DISCRETE FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATIONS; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; DUAL-POROSITY; FRACTURED RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 42549126023     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/102491-pa     Document Type: Article

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