A multi-continuum model for gas production in tight fractured reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 130-145

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Moridis, George ^b   Bai, Baojun ^c   Zhang, Keni ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPARENT VISCOSITY; CO-EXISTING; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTINUUM MODELING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FIRST-ORDER; FLUID MOLECULES; FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERACTION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; FRACTURED ROCK; GAS FLOWS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; INERTIAL EFFECT; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; KLINKENBERG EFFECTS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NEWTON ITERATIONS; NON-DARCY FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; POROSITY MODELS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; ROCK DEFORMATION; ROCK MATERIALS; SEPARATE EFFECTS; SOLID MATERIAL; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; STRESS FIELD; STRONG INTERACTION; TEMPORAL DISCRETIZATION; THRESHOLD PRESSURE GRADIENT; TIGHT FORMATION; TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

AERODYNAMICS; CAPILLARITY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLOW OF GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; GASES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCKS; SIMULATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70449590154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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