Development of discrete fracture network model simulator, GeoFlow, for evaluation of three dimensional channeling flow

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Petroleum Technology Conference 2009, IPTC 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 352-357

  Ishibashi, T ^a   Watanabe, N ^a   Hirano, N ^a   Okamoto, A ^a   Tsuchiya, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

APERTURE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK MODELS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; NATURAL CONDITIONS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77952364942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/13143-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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