Research Article

A Stabilized Mixed Finite Element Method for Single-Phase Compressible Flow

Table 3

Parameters for a reservoir.

Item Description Unit Value

Permeability md 88.7
μ Oil viscositycp 10
Thickness ft100
Compressibility 1/psi0.0002
Porosity fraction0.2
Initial pressure psia4,000
Oil flow rate STB/D400
Radius of wellbore ft0.25
Oil FVF RB/STB1
Transmissibility conversion factor1.127
Volume conversion factor 5.614583
Length in the -directionft4,000
Length in the -directionft4,000