A weighted nine-point finite-difference scheme for eliminating the grid orientation effect in numerical reservoir simulation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1979-September, Issue , 1979, Pages

  Ko, Stephen C N ^a   Au, Anthony D K ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FLOODS; GASOLINE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PISTON DISPLACEMENT;

FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SOLUTION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; PISTON-LIKE DISPLACEMENT; SQUARE GRID NETWORKS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 85057412094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/8248-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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