Pressure transient behavior for stress-dependent fracture permeability in naturally fractured reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China 2010, IOGCEC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2264-2275

  Tao, Qingfeng ^a   Ghassemi, Ahmad ^a   Ehlig Economides, Christine A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; POROSITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION MODELING; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; MODELING BEHAVIOR; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DEPLETION; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 78650618411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/131666-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Bandis, S.C., Lumsden, A.C. and Barton, N.R., 1983. Fundamentals of rock joint deformation. Int J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. and Geomech. Abstr. 20(6), 249-268.
2. Barton, N., S. Bandis and K. Bakhtar, 1985. Strength, Deformation and Conductivity Coupling of Rock Joints Int J. Rock. Mech. Min. Sci. and Geomech. Abstr. 22(3), 121-140. (Pubitemid 15545494)
3. Buchsteiner, H., Warpinski, N.R. and Economides, M.J., 1993. Stress-Induced Permeability Reduction in Fissured Reservoirs, paper SPE 26513 presented at 1993 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Oct. 3-6.
4. Chin, L. Y., Raghavan, R., and Thomas, L. K., 1998. Fully Coupled Analysis of Well Responses in Stress-Sensitive Reservoirs, paper SPE 48967 presented at the 1998 SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sep. 27-30.
5. Davies, J. P., and Davies, D. K.,1999. Stress-Dependent Permeability: Characterization and Modeling. paper SPE 56813 presented at the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, Oct. 3-6.
6. Goodman R.E., 1976. Methods of geological engineering in discontinuous rocks. West New York.
7. Gray, D. H., Fart, I., and Bergamini, G., 1963. The Effect of Stress on Permeability of Sandstone Cores. SPEJ 3(2), 95-100.
8. Iwai, K., 1976. Fundamental studies of fluid flow through a single fracture. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, California.
9. Jones, F. O. and Owens, W. W., 1980. A Laboratory Study of Low-Permeability Gas Sands. JPT 32(9) 1631-1640.
10. Ostensen, R. W., 1986. The Effect of Stress-Dependent Permeability on Gas Production and Well Testing. SPEFE 1(3), 227-235.
11. Prediction Procedure for Transient Flow of Fluids Through Pressure-Sensitive Formations. paper SPE 6051 presented at the SPE- AIME 51st Annual Fall Technical Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Oct. 3-6.
12. Raghavan, R., Scorer, J. D. T., and Miller, F. G., 1972. An Investigation by Numerical Methods of the Effect of Pressure-Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties on Well Flow Tests. SPEJ 12(3), 267-275.
13. Samaniego-V, F., Brigham, W. E., and Miller, F. G., 1976. Performance-Prediction Procedure for Transient Flow of Fluids Through Pressure-Sensitive Formations, paper SPE 6051 presented at the SPE-AIME 51st Annual Fall Technical Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, Oct. 3-6.
14. Samaniego-V, F., Brigham, W. E., and Miller, F. G., 1977. An Investigation of Transient Flow of Reservoir Fluids Considering Pressure-Dependent Rock and Fluid Properties. SPEJ 17(2) 140-50.
15. Samaniego F. and Cinco-Ley, H.,1989. On the Determination of the Pressure-Dependent Characteristics of a Reservoir Through Transient Pressure Testing, paper SPE 19774, presented at the 1989 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 8-11.
16. Tao Q., C.A. Ehlig-Economides and A. Ghassemi, 2009. Investigation of Stress-Dependent Permeability in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using a Fully Coupled Poroelastic Displacement Discontinuity Model. Paper SPE-124745-PP, presented at the 2009 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Oct. 4-7.
17. Tao Q., 2010. Numerical Modeling of Fracture Permeability Change in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Using a Fully Coupled Displacement Discontinuity Method. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
18. Thomas, R. D. and Ward, D. C., 1972. Effect of Overburden Pressure and Water Saturation on Gas Permeability of Tight Sandstone Cores. JPT 24(2), 120-124.
19. Vairogs J., Hearn, C. L., Dareing, D. W., and Rhoades, V. W., 1971. Effect of Rock Stress on Gas Production From Low-Permeability Reservoirs. JPT 23(9), 1161-1167.
20. Vairogs J. and Rhoades, V.W., 1973. Pressure Transient Test in Formations Having Stress-Sensitive Permeability. JPT 25(8), 965-970.