Triple-porosity Models: One further step towards capturing fractured reservoirs heterogeneity

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DGS Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1155-1175

  Al Ahmadi, Hasan A ^a   Wattenbarger, R A ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; GAS ADSORPTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

DUAL POROSITY MODEL; FLOW GEOMETRIES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84952682567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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