An Innovative Approach To Integrate Fracture, Well Test and Production Data into Reservoir Models
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Abstract
Abstract This paper presents an innovative approach to integrate fracture, well test and production data into the static description of a reservoir model as an input to the flow simulation. The approach has been successfully implemented into a field study of a giant naturally fractured carbonate reservoir in the Middle East. This study was part of a full field integrated reservoir characterization and flow simulation project. The main input available for this work includes matrix properties, fracture network, well test and production data. Stochastic models of matrix properties were generated using geostatistical methodology based on well logs, core, seismic data and geological interpretation. Fracture network was described in the reservoir as lineaments (fracture swarms) showing two major fracture trends. The network and its properties, i.e., fracture porosity and permeability, were generated by reconciling seismic, well logs, and dynamic data (well test and PLT). The challenge of the study is to integrate all the input in an efficient and practical way to produce a consistent model between static and dynamic data. As a result, it is expected to reduce the history matching effort. This challenge was solved by an innovative iterative procedure between the static and dynamic models. The static part consists of the calibration of model permeability to match the well test permeability. It is done by comparing their flow potentials, kh. In this analysis the dominant factor in controlling production at each well, either matrix or fracture, was determined. Based on the dominant factor, matrix or fracture permeability was modified accordingly. This way the changes in permeability are kept inline with the geological understanding of the field. The dynamic part was carried out through a full field flow simulation to integrate production data. The flow simulation at this stage was used to match production capacity, i.e. to determine whether the given permeability (matrix and fracture) distribution is enough to produce the fluid at the specified pressure during the producing period of the well. The iteration is stopped once a reasonable production capacity match is obtained. In general, a good match was achieved within 3–4 iterations. The generated reservoir description is expected to substantially reduce the effort required to obtain a good history match.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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