Improved gridding technique for coupling geomechanics to reservoir flow

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-75

  Tran, David ^a   Buchanan, Lloyd ^a   Nghiem, Long ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMECHANICS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ACCURATE MODELING; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; GRID METHODS; GRID SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE COUPLING; ITS APPLICATIONS; RESERVOIR FLOW; SHARP FRONTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77950646140     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/115514-PA     Document Type: Article

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