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Well Placement Optimization for Fractured Reservoirs: Coupling StoSAG and EDFM

Geofluids, 2022
Well placement optimization is a significant task in oil field development which aims to find the optimal well locations by maximizing the net present value (NPV) or other objective function.
Jianchun Xu, Wanhang Guo, Wenxin Zhou
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Numerical Simulation of Gas-Water Two-Phase Flow in Deep Shale Gas Reservoir Development Based on Mixed Fracture Modeling

Lithosphere, 2021
In this paper, the development of a three-dimensional, two-phase fluid flow model (Modified Embedded Discrete Fracture Model) to study flow performances of a fractured horizontal well in deep-marine shale gas is presented. Deep-marine shale gas resources
Sidong Fang, Cheng Dai, Junsheng Zeng, Heng Li   +3 more
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Impact of Fracture Topology on the Fluid Flow Behavior of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Energies, 2021
Fluid flow modeling of naturally fractured reservoirs remains a challenge because of the complex nature of fracture systems controlled by various chemical and physical phenomena. A discrete fracture network (DFN) model represents an approach to capturing
Leidy Laura Alvarez, Leonardo José do Nascimento Guimarães, Igor Fernandes Gomes, Leila Beserra, Leonardo Cabral Pereira, Tiago Siqueira de Miranda, Bruno Maciel, José Antônio Barbosa   +7 more
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An Integrally Embedded Discrete Fracture Model with a Semi-Analytic Transmissibility Calculation Method

Energies, 2018
The embedded discrete fracture model (EDFM) combines the advantages of previous numerical models for fractured reservoirs, achieving a good balance between calculation cost and simulation accuracy.
Renjie Shao, Yuan Di
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Water Intrusion Characterization in Naturally Fractured Gas Reservoir Based on Spatial DFN Connectivity Analysis

Energies, 2020
In this study, the non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture model (EDFM) in combination with the Oda method are employed to characterize natural fracture networks fast and accurately, by identifying the dominant water flow paths through spatial ...
Pengyu Chen, Mauricio Fiallos-Torres, Yuzhong Xing, Wei Yu, Chunqiu Guo, Joseph Leines-Artieda, Muwei Cheng, Hongbing Xie, Haidong Shi, Zhenyu Mao, Jijun Miao, Kamy Sepehrnoori   +11 more
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Numerical implementation of the eXtended Finite Element Method for dynamic crack analysis [PDF]

, 2008
A numerical implementation of the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) to analyze crack propagation in a structure under dynamic loading is presented in this paper.
Caperaa, Serge, Nistor, Ionel, Pantalé, Olivier   +2 more
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Streamline modeling of fluid transport in naturally fractured porous medium

Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2019
To better understand the roles natural fractures play in porous media, an embedded discrete fracture model and streamline modeling method were combined to model natural fractures and compute the flow trajectory and time of fluid in matrix and fractures ...
Lihua ZUO, Wei YU, Jijun MIAO, Abdoljalil VARAVEI, Kamy SEPEHRNOORI   +4 more
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Automatic History Matching of Parent-Child Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs with Complex Fracture Hits

Lithosphere, 2022
It is excessively crucial for performing production match of parent-child wells automatically by using assisted history matching approach, especially considering the interwell interference scenario.
Mingyi Gao, Wen Zhou, Jian Zhang, Cheng Chang, Jianfa Wu, Hongzhi Yang, Shengxian Zhao, Chuxi Liu, Wei Yu, Hao Xu   +9 more
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Reservoir-scale transdimensional fracture network inversion [PDF]

, 2019
The Waiwera aquifer hosts a structurally complex geothermal groundwater system, where a localized thermal anomaly feeds the thermal reservoir. The temperature anomaly is formed by the mixing of waters from three different sources: fresh cold groundwater,
Kühn, Michael, Reich, Sebastian, Somogyvári, Márk   +2 more
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Characterization of complex hydraulic fractures in Eagle Ford shale oil development through embedded discrete fracture modeling

Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2021
This study extends an integrated field characterization in Eagle Ford by optimizing the numerical reservoir simulation of highly representative complex fractured systems through embedded discrete fracture modeling (EDFM). The bottom-hole flowing pressure
Mauricio FIALLOS TORRES, Adrián MORALES, Wei YU, Jijun MIAO   +3 more
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