A HPC-Based Flowback and Cleanup Simulator Tool for Horizontal Well Completion and Optimization

Technical Report · Mon Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2018

OSTI ID:1498094

McGurn, Matthew ^[1]

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1. Reaction Engineering International, Murray, UT (United States)

The major goal of this project was to create a simulation tool that couples geomechanics, reservoir, and fracture flow physics to allow the design of a flowback schedule to optimize fluid recovery and reduce water usage in hydraulic fracturing operations. The simulation tool provides greater accuracy and faster turn-around time than currently available simulators. The tool will be designed for specialists and non-experts including non-operating or operating working interest partners, financial institutions, contractors, academics and service companies. In final form, the simulator will improve the efficiency of natural gas production from unconventional resources and reduce the amount of water used.

• Research Organization: Reaction Engineering International, Murray, UT (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0013217
• OSTI ID: 1498094
• Type / Phase: SBIR (Phase II)
• Report Number(s): DOE-REI-0013217
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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