Numerical study on transient flow in the deep naturally fractured reservoir with high pressure

Yuewu Liu*, Weiliang Chen, Qingquan Liu

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Abstract

According to the experimental results and the characteristics of the pressure-sensitive fractured formation, a transient flow model is developed for the deep naturally-fractured reservoirs with different outer boundary conditions. The finite element equations for the model are derived. After generating the unstructured grids in the solution regions, the finite element method is used to calculate the pressure type curves for the pressure-sensitive fractured reservoir with different outer boundaries, such as the infinite boundary, circle boundary and combined linear boundaries, and the characteristics of the type curves are comparatively analyzed. The effects on the pressure curves caused by pressure sensitivity module and the effective radius combined parameter are determined, and the method for calculating the pressure-sensitive reservoir parameters is introduced. By analyzing the real field case in the high temperature and pressure reservoir, the perfect results show that the transient flow model for the pressure-sensitive fractured reservoir in this paper is correct.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1074-1085
Number of pages12
JournalScience China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy
Volume52
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fractured reservoir
  • High pressure
  • Mathematical model
  • Numerical method
  • Seepage
  • Transient flow

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