An Efficient Upscaling Procedure Based on Stokes-Brinkman Model and Discrete Fracture Network Method for Naturally Fractured Carbonate Karst Reservoirs
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Conference PaperKAUST Grant Number
KUS-C1-016-04Date
2013-04-04Online Publication Date
2013-04-04Print Publication Date
2010Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/597518
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Naturally-fractured carbonate karst reservoirs are characterized by various-sized solution caves that are connected via fracture networks at multiple scales. These complex geologic features can not be fully resolved in reservoir simulations due to the underlying uncertainty in geologic models and the large computational resource requirement. They also bring in multiple flow physics which adds to the modeling difficulties. It is thus necessary to develop a method to accurately represent the effect of caves, fractures and their interconnectivities in coarse-scale simulation models. In this paper, we present a procedure based on our previously proposed Stokes-Brinkman model (SPE 125593) and the discrete fracture network method for accurate and efficient upscaling of naturally fractured carbonate karst reservoirs.Citation
Qin G, Bi L, Popov P, Efendiev Y, Espedal M (2010) An Efficient Upscaling Procedure Based on Stokes-Brinkman Model and Discrete Fracture Network Method for Naturally Fractured Carbonate Karst Reservoirs. International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/132236-ms.Sponsors
This publication is partly based on work supported by Award No. KUS-C1-016-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support from Research Inst. of Petroleum Exploration and Development of Sinopec Corp.Publisher
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2118/132236-ms