State-of-the-art petroleum reservoir simulation

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1303-1329

  Mustafiz, S ^a   Islam, M R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos; Discretization; Fluid flow equation; Futuristic energy pricing; Geomechanical modeling; Intelligent reservoir; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Sonic while drilling; Sonogram; Thermal modeling; Virtual reality; Viscous fingering

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; MONITORING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SIMULATORS; STANDARDS; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; WELL STIMULATION;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; CONVERTERS (PAPER INDUSTRY); DRILLING DATA; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR) PROCESSES; FLUID PROPERTIES; IN ORDER; OIL-PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MODELING; RESERVOIR MONITORING; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3 D) IMAGING; ULTRA-FAST;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 46149120619     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460701834036     Document Type: Article

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