A permeability model for naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-134

  Guerriero, Vincenzo ^a   Mazzoli, Stefano ^a   Iannace, Alessandro ^a   Vitale, Stefano ^a   Carravetta, Armando ^a   Strauss, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Shell Italia E and P ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Petroleum geology; Reservoir simulation; Statistical fracture analysis; Structural modeling

Indexed keywords

BASIC EQUATIONS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CONNECTED NETWORKS; CRYSTAL SIZE; DAMAGE ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; FAULT SYSTEM; FIRST-ORDER; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; HOST ROCKS; JOINT SYSTEM; METER SCALE; PERMEABILITY MODEL; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; ROCK MASS; STRUCTURAL MODELING; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; THEORETICAL BASIS;

FRACTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

FRACTURE NETWORK; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871441110     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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