Insights into upscaling using 3D streamlines

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-296

  Chawathé, Adwait ^a   Taggart, Ian ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STREAM FLOW;

DIAGNOSTICS; FLOW SIMULATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; SCALE EFFECT; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 4444302199     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88846-PA     Document Type: Article

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