Pressure-transient analysis of fractal reservoirs
Journal Article
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· SPE Formation Evaluation (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA)
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
The authors present a formulation for a fractal fracture network embedded into a Euclidean matrix. Single-phase flow in the fractal object is described by an appropriate modification of the diffusivity equation. The system's pressure-transient response is then analyzed in the absence of matrix participation and when both the fracture network and the matrix participate. The results obtained extend previous pressure-transient and well-testing methods to reservoirs of arbitrary (fractal) dimensions and provide a unified description for both single- and dual-porosity systems. Results may be used to identify and model naturally fractured reservoirs with multiple scales and fractal properties.
- OSTI ID:
- 6989352
- Journal Information:
- SPE Formation Evaluation (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: SPE Formation Evaluation (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA) Vol. 5:1; ISSN 0885-923X; ISSN SFEVE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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