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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Method for characterizing the fracture network of a fractured reservoir and method for exploiting it
Ifp Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Andre Fourno, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Bernard Bourbiaux, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
Method for exploiting a fluid within an underground formation comprising a layer traversed by a fracture network and a well. From property measurements relative to the layer, the fracture network is characterized by statistical parameters and a discrete fracture network model is constructed. For each well, three simplification zones surrounding the well are defined. From the statistical parameters, an equivalent permeability tensor and a parameter characterizing the orientation and the vertical continuity of the fractures are determined for each zone. For each zone, a simplification of the discrete fracture network model is determined as a function of the zone, the equivalent permeability tensor and the value of the parameter. An optimum exploitation scheme is defined for the formation fluid from the simplified fracture network model and a flow simulator.