Compressible streamline-based simulation with changes in oil composition

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 963-973

  Beraldo, V T ^a   Blunt, M J ^b   Schiozer, D J ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SIMULATORS;

HETEROGENEOUS MODELS; MASS CONSERVATION ERROR; OIL COMPOSITION; OIL DENSITY; STREAMLINE SIMULATION; TIME OF FLIGHT; TRACKING VARIATION; TWO-COMPONENT;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

DENSITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; OIL FIELD; SIMULATION; VOLUME;

EID: 76749118450     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/115983-PA     Document Type: Article

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