A mathematical model for rock deformation's effect on flow in porous and fractured reservoirs

42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics - 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wu, Y S ^a   Rutqvist, J ^a   Karasaki, K ^a   Lei, Q ^b   Xiong, W ^b   Yuan, J ^c   Liu, M ^c   Di, Y ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BLACK-OIL RESERVOIRS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOWTHROUGH; FRACTURED MEDIA; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; IN-SITU; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; ON FLOW; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; ROCK DEFORMATION; SPATIAL COORDINATES; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; TEMPORAL DISCRETIZATION; THIN LAYERS; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SIMULATORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 69549118742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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