Efficient field-scale simulation of black oil in a naturally fractured reservoir through discrete fracture networks and homogenized media

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-758

  Li, Liyong ^a   Lee, Seong H ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAILING VESSELS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR ROCK;

EID: 52949106034     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/103901-pa     Document Type: Article

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