A next-generation parallel reservoir simulator for giant reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-77

  Dogru, Ali H ^a   Fung, Larry S K ^a   Middya, Usuf ^a   Al Shaalan, Tareq M ^a   Pita, Jorge A ^a   HemanthKumar, K ^a   Su, H J ^a   Tan, James C T ^a   Hoy, H ^a   Dreiman, W T ^a   Hahn, W A ^a   Al Harbi, R ^a   Al Youbi, A ^a   Al Zamel, N M ^a   Mezghani, M ^a   Al Mani, T ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; GRIDDING; LINEAR SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; LOAD-BALANCING; MAXIMUM RESERVOIR CONTACT WELLS; MIDDLE EAST; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OIL AND GAS; PARALLEL LINEAR SOLVERS; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; POST PROCESSING; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; WELL MANAGEMENT; WORLD MARKET;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA VISUALIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIMULATORS; VISUALIZATION; WELLS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 77952183423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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