Rigorous coupling of geomechanics and multiphase flow with strong capillarity

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 292-312

  Kim, J ^a   Tchelepi, H A ^b   Juanes, R ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DEFORMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PORE PRESSURE; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONVERGENCE AND STABILITY; DEFORMABLE POROUS MEDIA; EQUIVALENT PORE PRESSURE; INCREMENTAL FORMULATION; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE; UNCONDITIONAL STABILITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 79957897624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/141268-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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