New flow model for the triple media carbonate reservoir

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-104

  Nie, Renshi ^a   Meng, Yingfeng ^a   Yang, Zhaozhong ^a   Guo, Jianchun ^a   Jia, Yonglu ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoir; Flow characteristics; Flow model; Pressure dynamic; Triple media

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; FRACTURE; POROSITY;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FLOW MODEL; PRESSURE DYNAMICS; TRIPLE MEDIA;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 79952713557     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618562.2011.560573     Document Type: Article

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