Understanding reservoir mechanisms using phase and component streamline tracing and visualization

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1537-1549

  Kumar, Sarwesh ^a,c   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   Jimenez, Eduardo A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FLOODS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; VISUALIZATION;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; SOLUTION GAS DRIVE; STREAMLINE SIMULATION; STREAMLINE TRACING;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 78349286760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/124252-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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