Physical Model of a Fractured Reservoir

Conference · Thu Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:889718

Hull, Laurence C; Koslow, Karen N

The objectives of the physical modeling effort are to: (1) evaluate injection-backflow testing for fractured reservoirs under conditions of known reservoir parameters (porosity, fracture width, etc.); (2) study the mechanisms controlling solute transport in fracture systems; and (3) provide data for validation of numerical models that explicitly simulate solute migration in fracture systems. The fracture network is 0.57-m wide, 1.7-m long, and consists of two sets of fractures at right angles to one another with a fracture spacing of 10.2 cm. A series of injection-backflow tests, similar to those performed at the Raft River Geothermal field, was conducted. These included variable volume injection and injection-backflow tests with varying quiescent periods between injection and backflow. This latter series of tests was conducted with a range of flow fields passing through the model. recovery is related to the flow field in the physical model and model parameters. Longer quiescent times and greater flow fields result in a lower tracer recovery. A plot of the fractional tracer recovery against quiescent time results in a straight line. This relationship, combined with classical reservoir engineering data, can be used to predict aquifer flow rate and porosity from known injection volumes and tracer recovery.

• Research Organization: EG&G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-80SF11459
• OSTI ID: 889718
• Report Number(s): SGP-TR-74-40
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
AQUIFERS
FLOW RATE
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
FRACTURES
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
Geothermal Legacy
POROSITY
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
RIVERS
SIMULATION
SOLUTES
TESTING
TRANSPORT
VALIDATION