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Special Connections for Representing Multiscale Heterogeneities in Reservoir Simulation 储层模拟中多尺度非均质性表征的特殊联系

Day 2 Wed, December 02, 2020 Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.2118/200572-ms

M. Correia, G. Oliveira, D. Schiozer

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