Reprint

Improved Reservoir Models and Production Forecasting Techniques for Multi-Stage Fractured Hydrocarbon Wells

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December 2019
238 pages
  • ISBN978-3-03921-892-9 (Paperback)
  • ISBN978-3-03921-893-6 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Improved Reservoir Models and Production Forecasting Techniques for Multi-Stage Fractured Hydrocarbon Wells that was published in

Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences
Summary

The massive increase in energy demand and the related rapid development of unconventional reservoirs has opened up exciting new energy supply opportunities along with new, seemingly intractable engineering and research challenges. The energy industry has primarily depended on a heuristic approach—rather than a systematic approach—to optimize and tackle the various challenges when developing new and improving the performance of existing unconventional reservoirs. Industry needs accurate estimations of well production performance and of the cumulative estimated ultimate reserves, accounting for uncertainty. This Special Issue presents 10 original and high-quality research articles related to the modeling of unconventional reservoirs, which showcase advanced methods for fractured reservoir simulation, and improved production forecasting techniques.

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  • Paperback
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Keywords
Cyclic CH4 injection; enhanced oil recovery; nanopore confinement; molecular diffusion; sensitivity analysis; fractured reservoir; line detection; semi-analytical model; EDFM; fracture modeling; well spacing; shale gas; natural fractures; embedded discrete fracture model; well interference; pore network; flow models; bottomhole pressure; bubble point pressure; cluster efficiency; perforating number; Changning shale gas; multiple fracture propagation; Austin Chalk; Eagle Ford shale; hydraulic fracturing; pressure communication; production uplifts; shale gas; stimulated reservoir volume; microseismic; hydraulic fracture closure; production history matching; low-permeability reservoir; staged fracturing horizontal well; mimetic finite difference method; discrete fracture model; fracture properties; EUR; infill wells; (re)fracturing; pressure depletion; naturally fractured reservoirs; time of flight; particle paths; enhanced permeability; flow modeling; natural fractures; hydraulic fractures; drained rock volume; fracture porosity; hydraulic fracturing; hydraulic fracturing test site; wolfcamp formation; midland basin