Investigations of interfacial coupling phenomena and its impact on recovery factor

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 26-32

  Zhang, Xiaoyun ^a,b   Bentsen, R G ^a   Cunha, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Pengrowth Corporation

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SIMULATORS;

END EFFECTS; FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIAS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; RECOVERY FACTORS; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 48849112887     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/08-07-26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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