Numerical simulation of fluid-flow processes in a 3D high-resolution carbonate reservoir analogue

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-142

  Agada, S ^a   Chen, F ^a,b   Geiger, S ^a   Toigulova, G ^a   Agar, S ^c   Shekhar, R ^c   Benson, G ^c   Hehmeyer, O ^c   Amour, F ^d   Mutti, M ^d   Christ, N ^e   Immenhauser, A ^e  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DISCONTINUITY SURFACES; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; MATRIX HETEROGENEITIES; NUMERICAL WELL TESTING; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; SECONDARY OIL RECOVERIES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

FLOW SIMULATION; MOLLUSCS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REEFS; SHELLFISH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELL TESTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

DIAGENESIS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WELL TESTING;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84893768448     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/petgeo2012-096     Document Type: Article

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