Development and application of three-dimensional discrete fracture network modeling approach for fluid flow in fractured rock masses

N Huang, R Liu, Y Jiang, Y Cheng - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rock fractures are crucial conduits for fluid flow in fractured rock masses. Three-dimensional
(3D) discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling approach, which can explicitly characterize …

Benchmarks for single-phase flow in fractured porous media

B Flemisch, I Berre, W Boon, A Fumagalli… - Advances in Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents several test cases intended to be benchmarks for numerical schemes
for single-phase fluid flow in fractured porous media. A number of solution strategies are …

Fundamental controls on fluid flow in carbonates: current workflows to emerging technologies

SM Agar, S Geiger - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
The introduction reviews topics relevant to the fundamental controls on fluid flow in
carbonate reservoirs and to the prediction of reservoir performance. The review provides …

Hybrid coupled discrete-fracture/matrix and multicontinuum models for unconventional-reservoir simulation

J Jiang, RM Younis - SPE Journal, 2016 - onepetro.org
Unconventional reservoirs are the focus of considerable attention as a primary energy
source. Numerical simulation is a core kernel of reservoir-engineering work flows for …

Three-dimensional projection-based embedded discrete-fracture model for compositional simulation of fractured reservoirs

O Olorode, B Wang, HU Rashid - SPE Journal, 2020 - onepetro.org
Most unconventional oil and gas reservoirs are known to have several natural fractures in
different orientations, which are consistent with the prevailing stresses when they were …

An improved projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) for multiphase flow in fractured reservoirs

J Jiang, RM Younis - Advances in water resources, 2017 - Elsevier
The discrete fracture-matrix (DFM) approaches based on conforming grids become popular
for modeling fractured reservoirs in the last decade. However, the application of conforming …

A general gridding, discretization, and coarsening methodology for modeling flow in porous formations with discrete geological features

M Karimi-Fard, LJ Durlofsky - Advances in water resources, 2016 - Elsevier
A comprehensive framework for modeling flow in porous media containing thin, discrete
features, which could be high-permeability fractures or low-permeability deformation bands …

Assessment of CO2 Storage Potential in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs With Dual‐Porosity Models

R March, F Doster, S Geiger - Water Resources Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (NFR's) have received little attention as potential
CO2 storage sites. Two main facts deter from storage projects in fractured reservoirs:(1) CO2 …

Stabilized mixed finite elements for deformable porous media with double porosity

J Choo, RI Borja - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Natural geomaterials such as fissured rocks and aggregated soils often exhibit a pore size
distribution with two dominant pore scales, usually termed macropores and micropores …

Analytical solutions for spontaneous imbibition: Fractional-flow theory and experimental analysis

KS Schmid, N Alyafei, S Geiger, MJ Blunt - SPE Journal, 2016 - onepetro.org
We present analytical solutions for capillary-controlled displacement in one dimension by
use of fractional-flow theory. We show how to construct solutions with a spreadsheet that can …