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This chapter reviews background and progress made in development and application of the numerical theory and methods of fluid flow in fractured vuggy carbonate reservoirs. It discusses the characteristics of fractured vuggy porous media and the importance of quantifying flow processes in fractured vuggy porous media to scientific understandings and engineering applications. In addition, this chapter points out the need in further studies of the physics of complicated multiphase fluid flow in fractured vuggy porous media, driven by recent development in several frontiers of energy and natural resources. Then, this chapter is concluded by introducing the contents of the remaining five chapters.

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  1. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, China

    Jun Yao

  2. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

    Zhao-Qin Huang

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Yao, J., Huang, ZQ. (2016). Introduction. In: Fractured Vuggy Carbonate Reservoir Simulation. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52842-6_1

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