EP3338115A4 - Reservoir simulations with fracture networks - Google Patents

Reservoir simulations with fracture networks Download PDF

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EP3338115A4
EP3338115A4 EP16837462.7A EP16837462A EP3338115A4 EP 3338115 A4 EP3338115 A4 EP 3338115A4 EP 16837462 A EP16837462 A EP 16837462A EP 3338115 A4 EP3338115 A4 EP 3338115A4
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fracture networks
reservoir simulations
simulations
reservoir
fracture
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Hussein MUSTAPHA
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Services Petroliers Schlumberger SA
Geoquest Systems BV
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V20/00—Geomodelling in general
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F30/00—Computer-aided design [CAD]
    • G06F30/20—Design optimisation, verification or simulation
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B49/00—Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V2210/00—Details of seismic processing or analysis
    • G01V2210/60—Analysis
    • G01V2210/64—Geostructures, e.g. in 3D data cubes
    • G01V2210/646—Fractures

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EP16837462.7A 2015-08-18 2016-07-20 Reservoir simulations with fracture networks Withdrawn EP3338115A4 (en)

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US201562206408P 2015-08-18 2015-08-18
PCT/US2016/043037 WO2017030725A1 (en) 2015-08-18 2016-07-20 Reservoir simulations with fracture networks

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US20120158380A1 (en) * 2010-12-16 2012-06-21 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. System And Method For Simulating Fluid Flow In A Fractured Reservoir
EP2581767A1 (en) * 2011-10-12 2013-04-17 IFP Energies Nouvelles Method for constructing a mesh of a fractured reservoir with a limited number of nodes in the matrix environment
EP3018502A2 (en) * 2014-11-07 2016-05-11 Services Petroliers Schlumberger Modeling fluid-conducting fractures in reservoir simulation grids

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ALI MOINFAR ET AL: "Development of an Efficient Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for 3D Compositional Reservoir Simulation in Fractured Reservoirs", SPE JOURNAL, vol. 19, no. 02, 1 April 2014 (2014-04-01), US, pages 289 - 303, XP055571936, ISSN: 1086-055X, DOI: 10.2118/154246-PA *
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