A new finite-volume approach to efficient discretization on challenging grids

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 658-669

  Aavatsmark, I ^a   Eigestad, G T ^a   Heimsund, B O ^a   Mallison, B T ^b   Nordbotten, J M ^c   Oian E ^a  

^a Center for Integrated Petroleum Research   (Norway)

^b CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS;

CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; CONVERGENCE RESULTS; FINITE VOLUME APPROACH; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT; MULTIPOINT FLUX APPROXIMATIONS; STRONG ANISOTROPY; STRONG HETEROGENEITIES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 78149259296     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/106435-PA     Document Type: Article

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