Effect of grid deviation on flow solutions

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Wu, X H ^a   Parashkevov, R R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

ANALYTICAL ERRORS; ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STRONG CORRELATION; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VERTICAL PROJECTION;

ERRORS;

EID: 64949141970     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/92868-PA     Document Type: Article

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