Pore-to-field multi-phase upscaling for a depressurization process

13th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 22-29

  Theting, Thomas Gorm ^a   Rustad, Alf Birger ^a   Lerdahl, Thomas Rage ^a   Stensen, Jan Age ^a   Boassen, Tony ^a   Øren, Pål Eric ^a   Bakke, Stig ^a   Ringrose, Philip ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL GAS SATURATION; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PORE-SCALE NETWORK MODELING; PRESSURE DEPLETION; SCALING PARAMETER; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; STEADY-STATE METHOD; VERTICAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

FLOW SIMULATION; OIL FIELDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84878052399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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