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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael Loyd Brewer, Katy, TX (US);
Steven Bryan Ward, Austin, TX (US);
Gerrick Bivins, Fulshear, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One example herein involves a method that includes identifying, based on a received reservoir specification: a set fractures including 2.5 dimensional (2.5D)-permitting fractures; and other fractures. The method further includes generating an intermediate reservoir model including an extrusion mesh which models the 2.5D-permitting fractures in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In response to determining that cells in the mesh should be refined in a direction within the 3D space, the method anisotropically refines cells in the mesh corresponding to the other fractures. The method also includes resolving a fracture network within the intermediate reservoir model using the refined cells and then generating a reservoir earth model using the fracture network.