A unified mathematical model for unconventional reservoir simulation

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2973-2989

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Fakcharoenphol, Perapon ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; ROCKS; WELL TESTING;

CO-EXISTING; COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATED FLOW; DARCY LAW; FLOW PHENOMENA; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INDUSTRY NEEDS; INERTIAL EFFECT; LOW PERMEABILITY; MODELING METHODOLOGY; MULTI DOMAINS; NON-DARCY FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NONLINEAR FLOW; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; ROCK DEFORMATION; STRONG INTERACTION; THRESHOLD PRESSURE GRADIENT; TIGHT SANDS; UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBONS; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; WELL TEST;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 80052481326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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