Practical gridding algorithms for discrete fracture modeling workflows

ECMOR 2010 - 12th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mallison, B T ^a   Hui, M H ^a   Narr, W ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS;

DISCRETE-FRACTURE MODELS; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; GRID GENERATION; GRID RESOLUTION; GRIDDING ALGORITHMS; SIMULATING FLOWS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85087603494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20144950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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