... Abstract We propose an efficient coupled flow and geomechanics simulation that utilizes multi-resolution grids based on Diffusive Time-of-Flight (DTOF). This work generalizes the Fast Marching Method (FMM) - based flow simulation developed for unconventional reservoirs (Chen et al., 2022...

... geothermal reservoir. In this paper, a discrete fracture network (DFN) was built based on log and core data and a three-dimensional hydraulic fracturing simulator was used to propagate hydraulic fractures with the pumping schedule used in the field. The natural fracture network (DFN) was built...

... Abstract In past studies, changes in fluid pressure in natural fractures (planes of weakness) have been ignored for the interaction of hydraulic and natural fractures. To overcome these limitations, in this paper we develop a method to simulate the growth of hydraulic fractures...

... and an operational geologist, executing procedures such as staying on the zone following a predefined wellplan and reducing tortuosity while optimally determining key drilling performance indicators. We present a directional drilling environment based on a robust physics-based simulation engine that can be modeled...

... Abstract Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation is increasingly used to evaluate the effect of various mechanistic aspects (e.g., inclusion of poroelastic effects, proppant transport, etc.), and of several variables, on the result of a stimulation operation at varying scales...

... and for fracture height growth in laminated reservoirs. The fracture simulator is coupled with a proppant transport model based on the Eulerian-Eulerian continuum framework and accounts for gravitational proppant settling, proppant bridging, and the transition from Poiseuille to Darcy flow. The coupled simulator...

..., which may serve as a particularly useful supplement to existing tools for unconventional development, such as decline curve analysis and reservoir simulation. fracturing materials machine learning artificial intelligence optimization problem upstream oil & gas hydraulic fracturing...

... structural geology deep learning correlation information target dataset knowledge transfer learning appropriate model dataset target field source dataset simulator physics petroleum engineer source model upstream oil & gas classifier source field production response unconventional...

... by a continuous pseudo-fluid phase. The advantage of the CFD-DEM simulator used in this study is its proppant particle migration within a Lagrangian frame of reference, which enables the description of proppant transport in any transport mode. This coupled simulator can capture the complex interactions between...

... a predictive model. The simulated data provides approximate production predictions for input parameters of the target field, for which the source data may not provide a good prediction. The resulting model has a superior performance to simulation-based and data-driven predictions alone. The results indicate...

... was to identify the role of fluid and proppant intensities and understand the geomechanical mechanisms that operate under different completions design conditions and during hydrocarbon production. The physics-based model included a coupled wellbore-fracture-reservoir simulator that incorporates key reservoir...

... URTeC: 3233 Use of Stranded Natural Gas as a Fracturing Fluid: A Simulation Study Shuang Zheng*, Mukul M. Sharma, The University of Texas at Austin. Copyright 2020, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) DOI 10.15530/urtec-2020-3233 This paper was prepared for presentation...

... artificial intelligence fracture characterization wick flow in porous media upstream oil & gas simulation fracture propagation simulator reservoir characterization complex reservoir modeling ipac hydraulic fracture propagation simulation finite element method equation fracture...

... between CO 2 and CH 4 , the Longmaxi shale formation in China was selected as the target. In this paper, we provide examples of how experimental isothermal adsorption measurements of sc CO 2 and methane on Longmaxi cores can be integrated into calculations of field scale simulations. A hybrid DFN...

... to characterize and control in a laboratory setting, and are also challenging to implement in traditional numerical simulators. Here, we present a series of lattice Boltzmann simulations of CO 2 displacing brine in rough fractures with heterogeneous wettability. This extended abstract focuses on the application...

... Abstract The objective of this study is to develop a hybrid model by combining physics and data-driven approach for unconventional field development planning. We used physics-based reservoir simulations to generate training datasets. These uncalibrated priors were incorporated into data-driven...

... flow-geomechanics simulator is used to forecast production in other field areas where no well information is available. New data is assimilated as it becomes available improving the reliability of the fast forecasting algorithm. In a matter of minutes, we are able to achieve high forecasting accuracy...

... Abstract The primary objective of this paper is to present a hydraulic fracturing simulator that can be used to investigate how spatial variation of properties and the presence of existing wells influence the optimal completion design and fracturing sequence for multi-well and multi-pad...

... requires an evaluation of the induced stresses between interacting fractures and the effect that these stresses introduce into the growth of subsequent fractures. We tested the importance of the induced stressess by using two hydraulic fracture simulators that evaluate fracture geometry, propped surface...

... fracturing is considered to have a significant detrimental effect on production. In this work, we developed a multi-physics pore-scale plugging simulator integrated with a fracture simulator to investigate the impact of particle plugging and quantify the formation damage of the invaded region near hydraulic...