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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dominic Walsh, Oxford, GB;
Paul Woodhams, Abingdon, GB;
Schlumberger Technology corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing an order of a discrete fractured network simulation. The method includes receiving cells representing a portion of a subterranean formation that includes a fracture. A first plurality of the cells that correspond to the fracture may be marked as a first cell level. A second plurality of the cells that touch the first plurality of cells may be marked as a second cell level. The first plurality of cells may be grouped into a first superelement. The second plurality of cells may be grouped into a second superelement. One of the first plurality of cells in the first superelement may be designated as a master cell. A volume for the master cell may be updated to include volumes for each of the first plurality of cells in the first superelement.