An innovative workflow to model fractures in a giant carbonate reservoir

International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 2047-2061

  Hui, Mun Hong ^a   Mallison, Bradley ^a   Lim, Kok Thye ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE POINTS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISCRETE FRACTURES; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; DISCRETIZATION; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; DUAL-POROSITY; EFFICIENT METHOD; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FULL-FIELD; GIANT CARBONATES; GRIDDING; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH QUALITY; HISTORICAL PRODUCTION; MATRIX; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVES; PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SIMULATION COMPONENTS; UNCERTAINTY PARAMETERS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UPSCALING;

CAPILLARITY; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MANAGEMENT; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SIMULATORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELLS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 67650566175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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