New iterative coupling between a reservoir simulator and a geomechanics module

SPE Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 362-369

  Tran, David ^a   Settari, Antonin ^b   Nghiem, Long ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

GEOMECHANICS; ITERATIVE COUPLING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 4744354695     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88989-PA     Document Type: Article

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