NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR.

S. Al-Jawad, Mohammad; J. Mahmood, Ahmed

doi:10.37652/juaps.2010.15372

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ College of Engineering, Baghdad University

² Al-Anbar Technical Institute

10.37652/juaps.2010.15372

Abstract

This research is concerned with the development of a numerical model for stratified normally fractured reservoirs. Three dimensional three phase flow black oil simulation model is adopted. The dual porosity-dual permeability model is used. The IMPES (Implicit Pressure Explicit Saturation) method is used to solve the difference equations. The Tertiary trap in K oil field (an Iraqi oil field) was simulated by the numerical model. The trap consists of six layers having different properties. Equally spaced Cartesian grids were used to divide each layer into 1600 cells in the x-y plane with the thickness as the dimension of each grid block in z direction. Applying the two IMPES pressure equations to each grid of the simulated domain resulting in a block seven diagonal coefficient matrix.

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Main Subjects

Mathematical

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Journal of University of Anbar for Pure Science

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR.

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Volume 4, Issue 2
August 2010
Page 82-91

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR.

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Volume 4, Issue 2August 2010Page 82-91

Volume 4, Issue 2
August 2010
Page 82-91