Application of MODFLOW for Oil Reservoir Simulation During the Deepwater Horizon Crisis

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-323

  Hsieh, Paul A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MODFLOW; MODFLOW MODEL; OIL FLOW; OIL LEAKAGE; OIL RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RAPID RESPONSE; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS; SEA FLOOR; SHUT-IN PRESSURE;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

PETROLEUM;

BLOWOUT; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LEAKAGE; OIL SPILL; OIL WELL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER; MINING; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; PRESSURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 79955155975     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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