Reduced-variables method for general-purpose compositional reservoir simulation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2010, IOGCEC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2321-2336

  Pan, Huanquan ^a   Tchelepi, Hamdi A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW SIMULATION; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; GENERAL PURPOSE RESEARCH SIMULATORS; GENERAL-PURPOSE SIMULATORS; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 78650590297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/131737-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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