Term Project

PEGN 513A Reservoir Simulation

Yizi Shen
12/07/2018
Outlines
 Introduction of Grids

Flow regime analysis and permeability calculation

Grid Refinement

Summary
Grids
Well The total system is 21×10 grids

(1,1) (2,1) …… (19,1) (20,1) (21,1)

(1,2) (2,2) …… (19,2) (20,2) (21,2)

… … …… … … …

(1,9) (2,9) …… (19,9) (20,9) (21,9)

(1,10) (2,10) …… (19,10) (20,10) (21,10)

Fracture
Flow regime analysis 100
Linear Flow Analysis

Linear Flow:
𝛥𝑝∨¿𝑥=0
𝑞(𝑡) 𝐵
=
4.064
( 𝑛 h𝑓 h 𝑦 h𝑓 )
√𝜋
√ √
1 𝜇
𝜙 𝑐𝑡 𝑘
√𝑡 ¿ 10

△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB
Slope=1/2

 p x  0  1
log 
 q (t ) B   2 log t   b

 
0.1
0.1 1 5 10 100
Time,days
Permeability of Matrix
Linear Flow:
4.064 1 
Slope  
 nhf hyhf   ct k

k  0.025md
Relative Error:

0.025  0.02
RE   25%
0.02
Flow regime analysis 100
Bilinear Flow Analysis

Bilinear Flow:
1
 
p x  0
10
44.102   1  4  14
   t Slope=1/4
q (t ) B 
h whf k hf   c k  

△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB
t
 
1

0.1

 p x  0  1
log    log t  b
 q (t ) B  4 0.01
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Time, days
Permeability of Fracture
Bilinear Flow:
Bilinear Flow Analysis
1
 
44.102    1  4

35

Slope   
h whf khf   ct k  
30

  25

△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB
khf  6100md 20

15

Relative Error: 10

10000  6100 5

RE   39% f(x) = 1.7872935258749 x + 0.663039026922783

R² = 0.9869291317747

10000
0
1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5

Time^(1/4), hour
Grid Refinement
Well The total system is 41×20 grids

(1,1) (2,1) …… (39,1) (40,1) (41,1)

(1,2) (2,2) …… (39,2) (40,2) (41,2)

… … …… … … …

(1,19) (2,19) …… (39,19) (40,19) (41,19)

(1,20) (2,20) …… (39,20) (40,20) (41,20)

Fracture Grid Refinement

Grid Refinement
Linear Flow Analysis Bilinear Flow Analysis
35
35

30 30

f(x) = 1.10498505499138 x + 0.0262796259946931

25 R² = 0.999999971297636 25
△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB

△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB
20 20

15 15

10 10

5 5

0 f(x) = 1.67253573686481 x + 0.166001826181653

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 R² = 0.993452151895071
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5
Time^(1/4), hour
Time^(1/2), hour

k  0.025md khf  6900md

Grid Refinement
Grid Refinement
Well The total system is 41×20 grids

(1,1) (2,1) …… (31,1) … (41,1)

(1,2) (2,2) …… (31,2) … (41,2)

… … …… … … …

(1,19) (2,19) …… (31,19) … (41,19)

(1,20) (2,20) …… (31,20) … (41,20)

Fracture Local Grid Refinement

Grid Refinement
Linear Flow Analysis Bilinear Flow Analysis
35
35

30
f(x) = 1.10596288739511 x + 0.0699913845735374 30
R² = 0.999997858056973
25
△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB

25

△p/q(t), (psi.day)/RB
20 20

15 15

10 10

5 5

0 0 f(x) = 1.58399984400175 x − 0.00174330097918318

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0.5 R² 1= 0.995789674906368
1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5

Time^(1/2), hour
Time^(1/4), hour

k  0.025md k hf  7900md
Summary

1. Rate transient analysis (RTA) can determine the different flow

regimes by identifying the slope of the curve in the logarithmic
coordinate.
2. The permeability of matrix and fracture can be estimated by this
RTA, but there are some errors.
3. Local grid refinement can improve the accuracy of simulation in
the zone with large pressure drop near fractures.