Upgridding method for tight gas reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 756-771

  Kelkar, Mohan ^a   Atiq, Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OSTWALD RIPENING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; TIGHT GAS;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; LOW-PERMEABILITY SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; VARIANCE-BASED METHODS;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 78651086516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/133301-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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