Numerical simulations of the Macondo well blowout reveal strong control of oil flow by reservoir permeability and exsolution of gas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20254-20259

  Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a   Freifeld, Barry M ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a   Pan, Lehua ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^a   Moridis, George J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf oil spill; Phase interference; Wellbore reservoir coupling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; GAS PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84870914259     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105165108     Document Type: Article

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