Numerical Simulation of coupled fluid-flow/geomechanical behavior of tight gas reservoirs with stress sensitive permeability

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Osorio, Jose G ^a   Chen, Her Yuan ^b   Teufel, Lawrence W ^c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SPE ^*  (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; TIGHT GAS;

3D FINITE DIFFERENCES; COMPRESSIBLE PORES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; RESERVOIR ROCK PROPERTIES; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84947048290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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