Capturing the effect of fracture heterogeneity on multiphase flow during fluid injection

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-208

  Jonoud, S ^a   Wennberg, O P ^a   Casini, G ^a   Larsen, J A ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Perecon   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE HETEROGENEITIES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; HETEROGENEOUS CARBONATES; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SEPARATION OF SCALE;

FRACTURE;

CARBONATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OUTCROP; POROSITY; SIMULATION; UPSCALING;

EID: 84879767969     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/147834-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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