New phase behavior algorithm for simulation of CO2 storage

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 787-798

  Lazaro Vallejo, L ^a   Leahy, M ^b   Dance, T ^b   LaForce, T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D SIMULATION; BUCKLEY-LEVERETT SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATION TIME; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FASTER CONVERGENCE; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RESIDUAL SATURATION; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79957915172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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