Method of optimizing the development of a fluid reservoir by taking into account a geologic and transient exchange term between matrix blocks and fractures
US8386225B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V11/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for optimizing the development of a fluid reservoir by accounting for a transient exchange term between porous blocks and fractures. The reservoir is discretized into a set of grid cells and an image representative of the fracture network delimiting porous blocks and fractures is associated with each cell. A transient exchange flow occurring between the porous blocks and the fractures is then determined at each cell by processing the image representative of the fracture network. Fluid flows in the reservoir are simulated by a flow simulator and an exchange flow and development of the reservoir is optimized by the simulation.
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