Empirical modeling of gravity drainage in fractured porous media

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1229-1241

  Zendehboudi, Sohrab ^a   Chatzis, Ioannis ^a   Shafiei, Ali ^a   Dusseault, Maurice B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBERS; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD DATA; FLUX RATES; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; FRACTURED SYSTEMS; GAS GRAVITY; GAS-OIL CONTACTS; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; LIQUID FLUX; LIQUID LEVEL; MATRIX; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RECOVERIES; THIN GLASS; TRANSFER PROCESS; TRANSFER RATES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; LIQUIDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; WELL STIMULATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79952854414     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef1015507     Document Type: Article

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