Comparison of discrete-fracture and dual-permeability models for multiphase flow in naturally fractured reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1410-1426

  Moinfar, Ali ^a   Narr, Wayne ^b   Hui, Mun Hong ^b   Mallison, Bradley ^b   Lee, Seong H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY IMBIBITION; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; DUAL-PERMEABILITY MODELS; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GENERAL PURPOSE; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; GRID ORIENTATION; GRID-SPACINGS; GRIDDING; LOCAL REFINEMENT; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; STRUCTURED MATRIXES; SYNTHETIC MODELS; WATERFLOODING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RAIN;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 79957925905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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