Development of a novel and computationally-efficient discrete-fracture model to study IOR processes in naturally fractured reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1277-1293

  Moinfar, Ali ^a   Varavei, Abdoljalil ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a   Johns, Russell T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SECONDARY RECOVERY;

COMPOSITIONAL RESERVOIR SIMULATORS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; DUAL CONTINUUM MODELS; DUAL PERMEABILITY MODEL; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84863997800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154246-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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