A quantitative and qualitative comparison of coarse grid generation techniques for numerical simulation of flow in heterogeneous porous media

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-73

  Qomi, P Mostaghimi ^a   Mahani, H ^b   Firoozabadi, B ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Shell International Exploration and Production ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESH GENERATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS;

GEOLOGICAL MODELING; GRIDDING ALGORITHMS; HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SATURATION DISTRIBUTION; TENSOR PERMEABILITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 70450207235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/118712-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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