Numerical modeling of diffusion in fractured media for gas-injection and -recycling schemes

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-337

  Hoteit, Hussein ^a,b   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Conoco Phillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; GALERKIN METHODS; GASES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECYCLING; SOLUBILITY;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; LOW NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT DIFFUSION; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; RECOVERY PERFORMANCE; VERTICAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 67650473272     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/103292-PA     Document Type: Article

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