Modeling hydraulic fractures
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsGAISONI NASRELDIN, Nikolaos Constantinos Koutsabeloulis, Vincenzo De Gennaro, Stephen Alexander Hope
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Abstract
A method for modeling hydraulic fractures of a well. The method includes receiving a reservoir model that describes petrophysical properties of a subsurface of the earth near a reservoir. The method then receives one or more mechanical properties of the reservoir and generating a geomechanical model of the reservoir based on the reservoir model and the mechanical properties. After generating the geomechanical model of the reservoir, the method generates a three dimensional (3D) representation of the hydraulic fractures based on the geomechanical model and the reservoir model.
Claims22
A method for modeling one or more hydraulic fractures of a well in a reservoir, comprising:
- receiving a reservoir model having one or more petrophysical properties of a subsurface of the earth near the reservoir;
- receiving one or more mechanical properties of the reservoir;
- generating a geomechanical model of the reservoir based on the reservoir model and the mechanical properties;
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- generating a three dimensional (3D) representation of the hydraulic fractures based on the geomechanical model and the reservoir model.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a reservoir model having one or more petrophysical properties of a subsurface of the earth near the reservoir;
- receive one or more mechanical properties of the reservoir;
- generate a geomechanical model of the reservoir based on the reservoir model and the mechanical properties;
- and
- generate a three dimensional (3D) representation of the hydraulic fractures based on the geomechanical model and the reservoir model.
A computer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising program instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive a reservoir model having one or more petrophysical properties of a subsurface of the earth near the reservoir;
- receive one or more mechanical properties of the reservoir;
- generate a geomechanical model of the reservoir based on the reservoir model and the mechanical properties;
- and
- generate a three dimensional (3D) representation of the hydraulic fractures based on the geomechanical model and the reservoir model.
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