The application of unstructured gridding techniques for full field simulation of a giant carbonate reservoir developed with long horizontal wells

International Petroleum Technology Conference 2007, IPTC 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1126-1137

  Vestergaard, H ^a   Olsen, H ^a   Sikandar, A S ^a,c   Al Emadi, I A ^b   Noman, R ^b  

^a Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

^b QATAR PETROLEUM   (Qatar)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CASE HISTORY; DYNAMIC FLOWS; FLOW PROPERTIES; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FREE WATER LEVEL; FULL-FIELD; GAS CAP; GIANT CARBONATES; GRID SIZE; GRIDDING; HISTORY MATCHING; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LONG HORIZONTAL WELLS; LOW PERMEABILITY; NON-ORTHOGONALITY; PEBI GRID; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; RUNTIMES; SIMULATION MODEL; WELL PATH; WELL PERFORMANCE; WELLBORE;

FLOW SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIMULATORS; WATER LEVELS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 70449679146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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