Semianalytical representation of wells and near-well flow convergence in numerical reservoir simulation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3282-3301

  Kurtoglu, B ^a   Medeiros Jr , F ^b   Ozkan, E ^a   Kazemi, H ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Petrobras ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK BOUNDARIES; BOUNDARY VALUES; CONVERGENCE REGIONS; ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FIELD-SCALE; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FLOW AND TRANSPORTS; FLOW CONVERGENCES; FLOW PROBLEMS; FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATIONS; NEW APPROACHES; POROUS MEDIAS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITIES; RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SOURCE TERMS; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; WELLBORE PRESSURES;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR RADIATION; WELLS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 58849096789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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