High-resolution prediction of enhanced condensate recovery processes

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Jessen, Kristian ^a   Gerritsen, Margot G ^b   Mallison, Bradley T ^c  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chevron Energy Technology Company

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; DISPERSIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EFFICIENT SIMULATION; ESSENTIALLY NON-OSCILLATORY; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; HIGH-ORDER NUMERICAL METHOD; HIGH-RESOLUTION PREDICTION; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION;

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EID: 48849094334     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/99619-PA     Document Type: Article

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